NAIROBI — 2019 · Major Tragedy

The DusitD2 Complex Attack

SolvedSources: ALast updated: 14 October 2026

On the afternoon of 15 January 2019 five attackers struck the 14 Riverside Drive complex in Nairobi's Westlands, home to the DusitD2 hotel and several offices. One blew himself up in a restaurant while the others opened fire inside the complex. As a result of the attack, 22 civilians and one security officer had died, along with all five attackers. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility. In May 2025 a Nairobi court convicted two men of facilitating the attack by providing money and fake identity documents, and in June 2025 sentenced each to 30 years in prison.

Date: 2019
Place: Westlands, Kenya, Nairobi, KE
Category: Major Tragedy
Case Status: Solved
Coordinates: -1.2680, 36.8070 ↗

Timeline of Events

15 January 2019The attack on 14 Riverside Drive began.
16 January 2019Security forces ended the operation.

22 May 2025Two men were convicted of facilitating the attack.
19 June 2025They were sentenced to 30 years each.

Sources

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