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Kenyan president says Nairobi attackers ‘eliminated’, 14 victims
NAIROBI, Jan 16, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said
Wednesday that all Islamists who had stormed an upmarket hotel complex had
been “eliminated” after an almost 20-hour siege that left 14 dead.
“I can now confirm that… the security operation at Dusit is over and all
terrorists have been eliminated,” Kenyatta said in a televised address to the
nation.
He said 14 people had been killed and 700 civilians rescued from the
building, but did not clarify if people were still hiding in the complex.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1341 hrs