Terror Attack In Nairobi -- News Roundup

Daily Mail: Briton and American are among 15 killed in Islamist attack on Kenyan hotel as CCTV shows terrorist gunmen shooting up compound where wounded victims still beg for rescue

* Strike at 14 Riverside Drive complex began around 3pm local time when four gunman arrived at the entrance
* Attackers threw grenades at cars outside a bank before one of the gunmen blew himself up in the hotel lobby
* Other three began shooting guests - some of whom hid under tables or fled through windows onto ladders
* Witness Charles Njenga said victims' bodies looked like 'minced meat all over' as he fled scene in the capital
* Special forces arrived and eight hours later officials said scene was clear - but more gunfire was heard later on
* At 4am local time (1am GMT) more shots heard and officials were still evacuating casualties trapped inside
* CCTV has emerged showing three suspected al Shabaab attackers entering the complex before opening fire

A British man and an American man are among at least 15 people killed after four gunmen sprayed guests with bullets and a suicide bomber blew himself up in a terror attack on a luxury hotel in Kenya.

The four attackers, one wearing a green belt laden with grenades, were seen on CCTV blasting their way into the hotel and office complex in Nairobi after denoting car bombs outside a nearby bank.

The suicide bomber then blew himself up in the lobby before the other three began hurling grenades and shooting people as they fled or hid under tables.

Charles Njenga, a worker at the complex, said after fleeing: 'What I have seen is terrible. I have seen a human as I ran out and there is what looks like minced meat all over.'

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Terror Attack In Nairobi -- News Roundup

The Latest: Kenyan police officer reports 15 bodies -- AP
Africa Live: How Nairobi attack unfolded -- BBC
Gunmen kill 14 in Kenya hotel compound attack claimed by Somali Islamists -- Reuters
Al-Shabab extremists claim deadly attack on Nairobi hotel -- AP
Somali Islamists claim responsibility for deadly Nairobi hotel attack -- France 24
Nairobi DusitD2 hotel attacked by suspected militants -- BBC
Nairobi terror attack: police regain control of hotel complex from gunmen -- The Guardian
Islamic extremists claim responsibility for Nairobi hotel attack that killed at least seven -- ABC News Online
Al-Shabab claims responsibility for terror attack at upscale Kenyan hotel complex -- FOX News
Gunmen storm Nairobi hotel complex -- Al Jazeera
American Among Those Killed As Explosions, Gunfire Rock Nairobi Hotel -- NPR
U.S. State department official confirms American killed in Kenya attack -- Reuters
Wounded victims of militant attack still trapped inside Kenya hotel complex: emergency responder -- Reuters
Nairobi hotel attack a grim reminder of spectre of the terrorism which hangs over Kenya -- Kim Sengupta, The Independent
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