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Kenya Attack

March 21, 2019

A member of Kenyan special forces is helped out of a US embassy diplomatic vehicle by a paramedic at the scene Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. Extremists stormed a luxury hotel in Kenya's capital on Tuesday, setting off thunderous explosions and gunning down people at cafe tables in an attack claimed by Africa's deadliest Islamic militant group. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A wounded police officer is helped out of a US embassy diplomatic vehicle near the hotel attack, January 16, 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. The officer is a member of a Special Program for Embassy Augmentation Response (SPEAR) team, whose members are trained and equipped by the Antiterrorism Assistance program to respond to crises involving the U.S. embassy. (AP/WideWorld Photos)

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