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Survivors narrate horrifying experiences in dusitD2 terror attack

Police officers taking cover during a terror attack at dusitD2 Hotel in Nairobi on 15th January 2019. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard].

The terrorists who detonated explosives and opened fire at the Dusit did not say anything before they started spraying the room with bullets, a survivor said.

Mamadou Dia,40, a French national who had visited the country was at a restaurant in the complex when gunfire erupted at around 3:15 pm on Tuesday. He was among the over 700 people who were safely evacuated from the complex.

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