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PHOTOS: Kenya's security forces kill gunmen in deadly Nairobi hotel attack 

Kenyan security forces have killed the militants who stormed an upscale Nairobi hotel compound, taking at least 14 lives and forcing hundreds of others to make terrifying escapes, the government said on Wednesday.

More than 700 civilians were evacuated from the dusitD2 complex after a 20-hour siege that echoed a 2013 assault that killed 67 people in Nairobi's Westgate shopping center in the same neighborhood.

"The security operation at dusit complex is over, and all the terrorists eliminated," President Uhuru Kenyatta told the nation, looking drained and grave.

The attack was claimed by Somali group al Shabaab, an al Qaeda affiliate fighting an insurgency to topple the weak U.N.-backed government and impose strict Islamic law.

Air strikes against the group have stepped up under President Donald Trump, but Tuesday's attack showed it retains ability to strike outside Somalia's borders.

Neighboring Kenya, a hub for expatriates, became a frequent target for al Shabaab after sending troops into Somalia to try to create a buffer zone along the long, porous border. (Reuters)

Photos from top:  Ben Curtis/AP (2), Baz Ratner/Reuters, Ben Curtis/AP, Njeri Mwangi/Reuters

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Police trace Dusit attack suspects to Dadaab refugee camp

Twenty days after the terrorist attack at Nairobi’s DusitD2 complex, intelligence sources say that 12 suspects have been arrested at the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp — signalling the complex balance between internal security and offering humanitarian aid at the third largest refugee camp in the world.

Sources privy to the ongoing investigations told Nation that one of the Dusit complex attackers…

Court frees 3 Dusit D2 hotel attack suspects

A Nyeri court on Friday released three suspects in the Al-Shabaab attack on the dusitD2 complex in Nairobi, citing police findings following investigations.

Resident Magistrate Nelly Kariuki made the ruling after being told that the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit closed the file saying no offences and links to the incident were found during its probe.

Inspector Cyprian Gitonga Muthoga, the officer in…

I saw suspicious people at DusitD2 days before attack – Waiguru

Kirinyaga Governor Ann Waiguru on Friday said she saw suspicious people at the DusitD2 hotel five days before the terror attack that left 21 dead.

Waiguru said she regrets to not have reported to police.

“I was attending a birthday party of a friend when I saw two guys moving around the hotel and my instincts arose since I had dismissed my security detail. They walked around then they left,” she…

DusitD2 Terror Attack: Do You Know These Men?

Police have appealed to the public to help them arrest six men believed to be part of a network that participated in the last Tuesday’s dusitD2 terror attack.Police made public photos of Didu Mohamed Fugicha alias Dingdong alias Duktur, Hussein Adan Hussein alias Etto, Gaddafi aka Munene, Abdi Ali Kanchora, Boru Abdi Bidu and Ramadhan Wario Bonaya alias Rasho.The wanted men are believed to be…

Anti-terror war: Weed out officers who take bribes-Musalia Mudavadi

In the wake of the dusitD2 attack by Al-Shabaab terrorists and the call for vigilance by all Kenyans, politician Musalia Mudavadi has asked the government to weed out officers who take bribes to let them into the country.

The Amani National Congress party leader said on Sunday that the new approach should centre on identifying the ‘bag eggs” in the government and security agencies.

The government…