Terrorists Attack Hotel Complex In Nairobi, Many People Confirmed Dead (Photos)

Many people have been killed in an ongoing terrorist attack at hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.

The terrorist attack which is still ongoing at an upscale hotel complex in Kenya’s capital has left many people dead.

AP reported that, Kenyan police officer among attack’s 1st responders says he saw bodies but ‘no time to count the dead’

It
was gathered that the attack started with a blast and heavy gunfire.
Witnesses and police at the scene are calling it a terror attack.

The
complex in Nairobi includes a large hotel known as DusitD2, banks and
offices. Several vehicles are burning. People are being rushed and
carried from the scene while gunfire continues several minutes after the
first reports.

Police spokesman Charles Owino says that “we have
sent officers to the scene, including from the anti-terrorism unit, but
so far we have no more information.” Ambulances, security forces and
firefighters have rushed to the scene, sirens wailing.

The attack
reminds many Kenyans of the Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi in 2013,
when al-Shabab extremists burst into the luxury shopping center, hurling
grenades and starting a days-long siege that left 67 people dead.

A
Kenyan police officer who was among the first responders at the at
Dusit Hotel attack says he saw bodies but ‘no time to count the dead’.

Some
Kenyan hospitals are appealing for blood donations as the number of
people wounded in an attack on an upscale hotel complex in Nairobi
remains unknown.

Night has fallen and it is not immediately clear
whether attackers are still active in the complex and how many people
might be trapped or hiding inside.

The Somalia-based extremist
group al-Shabab is claiming responsibility for the attack on an upscale
hotel complex in Nairobi and says its members are still fighting inside.