18/01/2019
Kenya court orders 6 suspects held over Nairobi hotel attack
NAIROBI, Kenya ? A Canadian national and five other people suspected of helping Islamic militants stage a deadly attack in the Kenyan capital this week appeared in court on Friday as prosecutors investigated them for suspected terror offenses. A judge ordered five of the suspects held for 30 days while authorities look into the assault on the dusitD2 hotel complex that was carried out by al-Shabab, a group that is linked to al-Qaida and based in neighboring Somalia. Kenyan authorities say 21 people, including one police officer, were killed by the attackers, one of whom blew himself up beside a restaurant. Another four gunmen died. Prosecutors suspect the alleged accomplices, including two...
