Militant group Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for an attack on the Dusit Hotel in the Kenyan capital Nairobi in which at least three people were killed and several others injured.
The attack on Tuesday afternoon was initially reported as a robbery.
Local television showed smoke rising from a compound in the district of the city, which houses a bank, the Dusit Hotel, as well as offices.
Kenya has been battling Al Shabaab for a number of years following its military intervention in Somalia in October 2011 to fight the organisation.
The group has since carried out numerous attacks in Kenya targeting both civilians and the military.
On April 2, 2015, an Al Shabaab attack killed 148 people at the university in Garissa, in eastern Kenya. On 21 September 2013, armed gunmen attacked the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, killing at least 69 people and injuring more than 175.
- African News Agency (ANA)
