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Kenya Attack

March 21, 2019

A wounded member of Kenyan special forces is carried from a US embassy diplomatic vehicle into an ambulance by red cross paramedics 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/Khalil Senosi) A wounded officer with the U.S. embassy’s Special Program for Embassy Augmentation Response (SPEAR) team is loaded into an ambulance after being hit by grenade fragments while responding to the attack at the DusitD2 Hotel, January 16, 2019, in Nairobi. SPEAR team members are trained and equipped by the Antiterrorism Assistance program to respond to crises involving the U.S. embassy and are also available to assist in other emergencies. (AP/WideWorld Photos)

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