15/01/2019
'What I have seen is terrible,' witness says of Nairobi hotel attack claimed by al-Shabab
NAIROBI, Kenya ? Militants stormed a luxury hotel in Kenya's capital on Tuesday, setting off thunderous explosions and gunning down people at cafe tables and offices in an attack claimed by Africa's deadliest Islamic militant group. Witnesses reported seeing several bodies. quot;It is terrible. What I have seen is terrible,quot; said Charles Njenga, who ran from a scene of blood, broken glass, burning vehicles and pillars of black smoke. Al-Shabab ? the Somalia-based group that carried out the 2013 attack at the nearby Westgate Mall in Nairobi that left 67 people dead ? claimed responsibility for the carnage at the DusitD2 hotel complex, which includes bars, restaurants, offices and banks...
