Explosion, gunfire at Nairobi hotel, office complex

A gunfight is underway following a blast at a hotel and office complex in a leafy Nairobi neighborhood, an AFP reporter and a witness say.

“There was a bomb, there is a lot of gunfire,” whispers a man working in the offices in the Dusit Hotel compound, asking not to be named.

The blast was heard from AFP’s offices some five kilometers (three miles) away and a reporter sent to the scene says gunmen and security forces are exchanging gunfire. It is not immediately clear whether the incident is a robbery or an attack.

— AFP

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