Kenya attack: All accounted for in Al-Shabab hotel raid

Al Jazeera: Kenyan bomb disposal experts searched on Thursday for leftover explosives at the site of the brazen attack on a Nairobi hotel complex that killed 21 people plus five al-Shabab fighters.
The al-Qaeda affiliate said it carried out the attack in the Kenyan capital in response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Two people accused of facilitating the attack have been arrested.
The Kenya Red Cross said on Thursday all people had now been accounted for after dozens were reported missing on Wednesday.
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The 20-hour siege at the DusitD2 hotel complex echoed a 2013 assault that killed 67 people at the Westgate mall in the same district.
The Kenyan government said its quick reaction to the assault reflected improvements in its ability to respond to such audacious assaults on civilian targets.
It was “much better handled” in comparison to the attack on the nearby Westgate Mall, said Joseph Mucheru, the information minister. Police took hours to respond to that attack, leading to reforms.
“The speed, the response and the conclusion of this matter was swift,” the minister said.
Of the victims, 16 were Kenyan, one was British, one was American and three were of African descent but their nationalities were not yet identified, police said.
On Tuesday, authorities sent special forces into the hotel to flush out the gunmen. The president said more than 700 civilians were rescued from the complex during and after the siege.