The death toll in the deadly attack on Nairobi’s Dusit Hotel has risen to 15 as of early Wednesday morning as rescue operations continued around the clock overnight to free workers still trapped inside the hotel.
The sound of gunfire was once again heard Wednesday morning, according to media reports.
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Staff at a Nairobi morgue said the bodies of 11 Kenyans, an American and a Briton had been identified. The identity of the remaining two victims still needs to be determined as they were not carrying their passports on them.
Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the deadly assault, involving explosions and gunfire, which began on Wednesday afternoon when four militants attacked the hotel in the upscale Westlands area of the Kenyan capital.
On Monday the trial of Al Shabaab members responsible for the 2013 attack on the Westgate mall, which killed 69 people and injured 175, began in Nairobi.
Kenya has been battling Al Shabaab militants for a number of years following its military intervention in Somalia in October 2011 to fight the organisation.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the attack.
- African News Agency (ANA)
