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January 16, 2019

Kenya: Al-Shabab Claims Nairobi Hotel Attack That Leaves 14 Dead
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In Kenya, armed men burst into an upscale hotel complex in the capital
Nairobi Tuesday, killing 14 people and launching a hostage crisis that
stretched on for nearly a day. The Somali-based militant group al-Shabab
claimed responsibility for the attack. In 2013, a similar assault by
al-Shabab killed at least 67 people at a Nairobi shopping mall. Last
year, the Trump administration targeted al-Shabab with an unprecedented
number of airstrikes across Somalia.


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