Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack

2019 Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack
	Part of the War in Somalia and Terrorism in Kenya
	; Two of the attackers, Ali Salim Gichunge (left) and Abdulqani Arab Yusuf (right) are shown on CCTV as they entered the complex
Date	15–16 January 2019
Location	Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya01°16′12″S 36°48′13″E / 1.27000°S 36.80361°E
Result	Crisis ended 21 killed; 1 GSU soldier killed; 5 militants killed; DusitD2 Complex secured by the 16th January;
Belligerents
Al-Shabaab	Kenya Kenya Defence Forces; Kenya Police Service; Administration Police; National Intelligence Service (Kenya); General Service Unit (Kenya); Supported by: United States; United Kingdom; Australia; Slovenia
Commanders and leaders
Ahmad Umar; Mahad Karate; Mahir Khalid Riziki †; Osman Ahmad Hassan †; Muhammed Adam Nur †; Abdulqani Arab Yusuf † Ali Salim Gichunge †	Uhuru Kenyatta; William Saiya Aswenje; Samson Mwathethe; Joseph Kipchirchir Boinett; Christian Craighead
Units involved
Saleh An-Nabhan Battalion	Kenya Army Infantry
Strength
Four gunmen and one suicide bomber	Unknown 1 SAS soldier
Casualties and losses
5 killed	: 1 killed, numerous injured
	22 civilians killed, 27 wounded

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Attack location

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OpenStreetMap view of attack location

From the 15 to 16 January 2019, a coordinated attack against civilians occurred at the DusitD2 complex in Westlands District, Nairobi, Kenya. The attack began at around 14:30 EAT (UTC+3), shortly after a suicide bomber blew himself up near the center of the complex at a restaurant. Four attackers associated with Harakat Al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen carried out a mass shooting for over 22 hours which left 21 civilians, one Kenyan soldier and all five militants dead.

Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement published through the AS-affiliated Shahada News Agency shortly after the attack, with its external operations branch, the Saleh An-Nabhan Battalion, claiming being responsible.

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said that the five militants that carried out the attack were all "eliminated" by security forces following a 19-hour operation led by Kenyan forces.