Kenya Hotel Compound Siege Over, Militants and at Least 21 Victims Dead

Kenyan security forces have killed all the Somali terrorists who stormed an upscale Nairobi hotel compound, taking at least 21 lives and forcing hundreds of people into terrifying escapes, the government said on Wednesday Jan. 16.

A policeman runs past burning cars at the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at the Dusit D2 hotel compound, in Nairobi, Kenya, Jan. 15, 2019. Reuters Baz Ratner

NAIROBI, Kenya—Kenyan security forces have killed the Somali terrorists who stormed an upscale Nairobi hotel compound, taking at least 21 lives and forcing hundreds of people into terrifying escapes, the government said Jan. 16.

Fifty people believed to have been in the complex remained unaccounted for on Jan. 16 afternoon, the Kenya Red Cross said, raising the possibility of a much higher final death toll.