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A crowd mills at the gate to the headquarters of the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) at Upperhill, Nairobi when detectives raided the premises to probe the registration of vehicles used in the Dusit D2 Riverside attack. PHOTO | KANYIRI WAHITO

Anti-terror crack squad raids NTSA offices over Dusit attack

The Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) on Wednesday morning raided the National Transport and Safety Authority's (NTSA) main offices and...

January 30th, 2019
Violet Kemunto, the wife of slain terror attack suspect Ali Gichunge. PHOTO | COURTESY

Police arrest and free ‘lookalike’ to slain terror attack suspect’s widow

A couple suspected of terrorism was arrested and later freed at Mavindi market in Makueni County on Saturday. Locals said they suspected...

January 26th, 2019
Armed GSU officers arrive at Dusit D2 Hotel which was attacked by terrorists on January 15, 2019. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE

Swiftly assembled commando unit had no idea of deadly terror attack scene

The Rapid Response Units deployed to 14 Riverside complex last week had no idea that they were headed to the scene of a deadly terror...

January 23rd, 2019
Jason Spindler, the American citizen who died in the Riverside terror attack in Nairobi. PHOTO | COURTESY

Former US President Bill Clinton eulogizes American who lost his life at Dusit

Former United States President Bill Clinton has mourned the death of an American citizen who is among the 21 people killed during Tuesday's...

January 20th, 2019
A section of Majengo slums in Nairobi in this photo taken on January 18, 2019. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE

Tracing the genesis of Majengo slums’ connection to terror attacks

A story is told of one Tom Otieno, 18, from Kisumu County, born and raised in a Catholic family only to end up as a terrorist. Otieno...

January 20th, 2019
A screen grab from CCTV footage showing hotel employee Abdullahi Ogello (in white shirt) passing infront of the suicide bomber (in black suit) just moments before the explosion that triggered the terror attack. Mr Ogello survived the explosion. PHOTO | COURTESY

Hotel employee who walked past suicide bomber narrates brush with death

There is escaping death narrowly, and there is Mr Abdullahi Ogello’s story of the terrorist attack at 14 Riverside Drive on...

January 20th, 2019

Dusit Hotel now says they lost six employees and not four in terrorist attack

Dusit D2 Hotel on Saturday released a statement revealing that they lost six employees during Tuesday's terror attack and not four as they...

January 20th, 2019
Ali Salim Gichunge, alias Farouk, the key terror suspect, who was killed after commandos stormed the 14 Riverside Drive complex on Tuesday to end a terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 21 people. PHOTO | NATION

Did police ‘overstay’ with the body of key suspect in Dusit terror attack?

The police might have stayed with the body of Ali Salim Gichunge the key suspect in the dusitD2 terror attack for long compared to the...

January 20th, 2019
The scene of the terror at Dusit D2 Hotel in Nairobi. PHOTO | COURTESY

Cellulant was the hardest hit at Dusit where six of its employees were killed

One of the companies that was based at 14 Riverside Complex lost six of their senior managers during Tuesday's terror attack. Of the 21...

January 19th, 2019
Scenes of burning vehicles at Dusit D2 Hotel when terrorists struck on January 15, 2019. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE

Police identify Dusit D2 suicide bomber who blew himself up

Police have identified the terrorist who blew himself up on Tuesday during the 14 Riverside Drive terror attack which left 21 people...

January 19th, 2019