Three women dressed in bui buis have been killed after attempting to burn the Central Police Station in Mombasa.
The County police commander Patterson Maelo said the three women were being questioned by police regarding a case of stolen mobile phones.
On Jan. 15, 2019, gunmen associated with the Somalia-based al-Shabaab terrorist organization attacked the DusitD2 Hotel complex in downtown Nairobi. The hotel is part of a complex of six buildings containing shops and offices that host a number of international companies and visitors.
The assault began at approximately 3 p.m. local time, when attackers set fire to three vehicles in a parking lot outside the hotel complex. The attackers then moved from the parking lot to a courtyard where a suicide bomber self-detonated outside of a restaurant, injuring an unknown number of civilians.
The attackers, armed with AK-47s and wearing load-bearing vests containing grenades and ammunition, moved from the lobby into the hotel and ascended toward the top floor of the hotel, intent on killing as many innocent bystanders as they could. By 11 p.m., Kenyan security forces had contained the attackers to the top floors of the hotel and rescued scores of civilians. At the same time, an unknown number of individuals were still trapped on the top floors of the hotel.
Among the Kenyan law enforcement units that participated in the counterassault on the terrorists were three police tactical teams that had been professionally equipped and trained by the Department of State’s Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) program. ATA receives funding and policy guidance from the Bureau of Counterterrorism and is administered by the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and its Diplomatic Security Service (DSS).
Source-https://www.state.gov/
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