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DusitD2 hotel reopens after January attack that killed 21

DusitD2 Hotel employees and guests celebrate official re-opening of the Hotel after January attack . (PHOTO: Jenipher Wachie, Standard)

The five-star dusitD2 Hotel in Nairobi will reopen its doors to guests on Thursday, six months after 21 people were killed in an attack on a hotel and office complex by Somalia’s al Shabaab militants.

Nairobi is a major hub for expatriates working in East Africa and in addition to the hotel the complex hosted offices of various international companies. The attack was an echo of a deadly 2013 assault on a Nairobi shopping centre in the same neighbourhood.

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