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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Evelyne Musambi

Kenyan court sentences men for aiding al-Shabab militants in 2019 hotel attack

Kenya Attack Conviction - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A court in Kenya on Thursday sentenced two men to 30 years in prison for facilitating the 2019 attack on a Nairobi luxury hotel complex that left 21 people dead.

The court heard that Hussein Mohamed Abdille Ali and Mohamed Abdi Ali, both Kenyans, sent money and helped acquire fake identification documents for the militants, who died during the attack on the DusitD2 complex.

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