Suspected timeline of terrorist attack at Dusit Hotel on 14 Riverside Drive

Piece by: Geoffrey Mbuthia
Lifestyle

The terrorist attack that has occurred today at Dusit Inn along 14 Riverside Drive has shocked and alarmed many Kenyans. The terror attack that was orchestrated by Al Shabaab is still on-going as it is said that the group has taken hostages. A theorized timeline of the attack is below:

3:48PM: Suspected terrorists arrive at dusitD2 Hotel on Riverside Drive, Nairobi in a silver 5-seater hatchback and walk toward security officers at the hotel’s gate, where they throw an explosive at the security agents.

4:30PM: Kenya Airforce team arrives at the scene.

4:33PM: Firefighters arrive

4:36PM Recce officers gain access into the building.

4:40PM: Citizen TV reporter Francis Gachuri says 6 gunmen spotted by security agencies.

4:45PM: Abbas Gullet, the Kenya Red Cross Secretary General, is seen entering the dusitD2 premises.