Special forces protect people at the scene of an explosion at a hotel complex in Nairobi's Westlands suburb on January 15, 2019, in Kenya. - A huge blast followed by a gun battle rocked an upmarket hotel and office complex in Nairobi on January 15, 2018, causing casualties, in an attack claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab Islamist group. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP) (Photo credit should read LUIS TATO/AFP/Getty Images)
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People are evacuated as a gunfight was underway following a blast at a hotel and office complex in Nairobi on January 15, 2019. - A blast at the DusitD2 compound, which includes a hotel and several office buildings housing international companies, was heard from AFP's offices some five kilometres (three miles) away. The Al-Shabaab Islamist group in Somalia claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the SITE Intelligence Group which monitors jihadist activities. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP) (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
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People are evacuated as a gunfight was underway following a blast at a hotel and office complex in Nairobi on January 15, 2019. - A blast at the DusitD2 compound, which includes a hotel and several office buildings housing international companies, was heard from AFP's offices some five kilometres (three miles) away. The Al-Shabaab Islamist group in Somalia claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the SITE Intelligence Group which monitors jihadist activities. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP) (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - A woman is evacuated from the scene of an explosion at a hotel complex in Nairobi's Westlands suburb on January 15, 2019, in Kenya. - A huge blast followed by a gun battle rocked an upmarket hotel and office complex in Nairobi on Tuesday, causing casualties, in an attack claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab Islamist group. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP) (Photo credit should read LUIS TATO/AFP/Getty Images)
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A man walks past bullet marks on a glass outside the DusitD2 hotel complex in Nairobi's Westlands suburb on January 15, 2019, in Kenya, after a blast followed by a gun battle rocked the upmarket hotel and office complex, in an attack claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab Islamist group. - The explosion at the DusitD2 compound, which includes a 101-room hotel, restaurant and office buildings housing local and international companies, was heard from AFP's bureau some five kilometres (three miles) away. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP) (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Relatives carry the coffin of Feisal Ahmed Rashid, who was killed the previous day in an attack that targeted a luxury hotel complex in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, on January 16, 2019. - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said that gunmen who stormed the hotel complex, killing 14 people, had been "eliminated" after an almost 20-hour operation in which hundreds of civilians were rescued. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP) (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
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This image taken from an AFP TV footage shows a woman escorted by an official as a gunfight was underway following a blast at a hotel and office complex in a leafy Nairobi neighbourhood on January 15, 2019. - A blast at the DusitD2 compound, which includes a hotel and several office buildings housing international companies, was heard from AFP's offices some five kilometres (three miles) away. (Photo by Raphael AMBASU / AFP) (Photo credit should read RAPHAEL AMBASU/AFP/Getty Images)
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A woman reacts as she leaves the scene of an explosion at a hotel complex in Nairobi's Westlands suburb on January 15, 2019, in Kenya. - The Al-Shabaab Islamist group in Somalia claimed responsibility for an ongoing attack in the Kenyan capital, according to the SITE Intelligence Group which monitors jihadist activities. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP) (Photo credit should read LUIS TATO/AFP/Getty Images)
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A bloody handprint is seen in the kitchen of the restaurant after a blast followed by a gun battle rocked an upmarket hotel and office complex in Nairobi on January 15, 2019. (Photo by KABIR DHANJI / AFP) (Photo credit should read KABIR DHANJI/AFP/Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - Kenyan security forces help people to escape after a bomb blast at DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, on January 15, 2019. - A huge blast followed by a gun battle rocked an upmarket hotel and office complex in Nairobi on January 15, 2018, causing casualties, in an attack claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab Islamist group. (Photo by KABIR DHANJI / AFP) (Photo credit should read KABIR DHANJI/AFP/Getty Images)
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A picture taken on January 16, 2019 shows collected packs of blood donation in a mobile staion at the August 7th Memorial Park, where the 1998 terrorist bomb attack took place at the then United States Embassy, in Nairobi,, a day after a blast followed by a gun battle that rocked the upmarket hotel complex the day before. - Kenyan President said that gunmen who stormed the hotel complex on January 15, 2019, killing 14 people, had been "eliminated" after an almost 20-hour operation in which hundreds of civilians were rescued. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)
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People are evacuated from a building after a bomb blast from the office block attached to the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, on January 15, 2019. - A huge blast followed by a gun battle rocked an upmarket hotel and office complex in Nairobi on January 15, 2018, causing casualties, in an attack claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab Islamist group. (Photo by KABIR DHANJI / AFP) (Photo credit should read KABIR DHANJI/AFP/Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - A woman is rescued at the scene of an on going terrorist attack at a hotel complex in Nairobi's Westlands suburb on January 16, 2019. - Fifteen people have died in the Islamist attack on an upmarket hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenyan police sources said on January 16, as fresh explosions and gunfire rang out in the siege which stretched into its second day. (Photo by Luis Tato / AFP) (Photo credit should read LUIS TATO/AFP/Getty Images)
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Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Internal Security Fred Okengo Matiang'i (C) arrives on the scene of the terrorist attack at the hotel complex in Nairobi's Westlands suburb on January 16, 2019, in Kenya. - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said on January 16, 2019 that all Islamists who had stormed an upmarket hotel complex had been "eliminated" after an almost 20-hour siege that left several 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 several people had been killed and 700 civilians rescued from the building, but did not clarify if people were still hiding in the complex. The attack was claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Somali group Al-Shabaab, which has repeatedly targeted Kenya since it sent its army into Somalia in October 2011 to fight the jihadist group. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP) (Photo credit should read LUIS TATO/AFP/Getty Images)