Dusit Attack: Police response was swift but mistook it for a robbery

Police officers taking cover during a terror attack at Dusit Hotel Complex in Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard].

Police responded to the Riverside terror scene almost immediately engaging the terrorists for up to five hours.

The first team to respond to the scene were officers from the nearby Australian embassy. They shot at the about five terrorists pushing them into the hotel’s main entrance.