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People are evacuated from the compound in Nairobi.
Police and anti-terrorist forces have regained control of a Nairobi hotel and office complex, hours after it was attacked by Islamist extremist gunmen.
The assault on the dusitD2 compound in the Kenyan capital, which includes a luxury hotel, restaurants, a spa and several office buildings housing international companies, was the most outrageous by terrorists in the country for many years.
Sustained automatic gunfire and grenade explosions were heard as the gunmen rushed in and scores of people fled the scene.
There were reports that at least seven people had been killed and one suspect detained. At least 10 more were wounded, with local hospitals asking for blood donations. The death toll was expected to rise.
On Tuesday evening, interior minister Fred Matiang'i said that security forces had secured all the buildings affected.
"The security teams have evacuated scores of Kenyans and [people of] other nationalities from the buildings," he said in a brief televised statement. "We are now in the final stages of mopping up the area and securing evidence and documenting the consequences of this unfortunate event."
Comment: The political abduction by Canada of a Chinese Huawei executive on behalf of the USA probably has bearing on Schellenberg's case, but he's still a convicted criminal - in two countries now, including the one he was born in...