Suspected member of al Shabaab killed in front of US Embassy in Kenya

A suspected member of al Shabaab has been shot and killed in front of the US Embassy in Kenya. The man was reportedly killed after tried to attack the guards with a knife. The US Embassy confirmed the attack and stated that no US personnel were injured.

Update: According to AP, the man did stab a police officer before being killed.

A Kenyan police official says a man has been shot dead after stabbing a policeman guarding the perimeter wall of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi.

Vitalis Otieno, the officer in charge of the Gigiri area that hosts several embassies, says a pedestrian walking along the street stabbed the policeman on Thursday and attempted to take his gun.

Otieno says the identity of the attacker is known to police and says he is a Kenyan from the volatile region of Wajir.- AP

More information to follow.

Knife-wielding assailant attacks armed guard in front of US Embassy in Nairobi and is shot to death. More coming… pic.twitter.com/w7iLYY5cTD

— Jeffrey Gettleman (@gettleman) October 27, 2016

Suspected Alshabab shot dead at Gigiri in foiled attack on GSU officer outside the US Embassy @ntvkenya @Ma3Route

— (@Ng_BN) Oct 27 2016

Shots fired near @USEmbassyKenya https://t.co/4RJHxPk2tR

— (@robinnjogu) Oct 27 2016

A man of Somali origin has been shot dead by security personnel at the gates of the US Embassy Nairobi. He attacked the guards with a knife

— (@Reke_Maarie) Oct 27 2016

SUSPECTED AL SHABAB member shot dead outside US embassy in Nairobi,he tried to stab GSU officer guarding one of the… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/791646561629601792

— (@MombasaCGW) Oct 27 2016

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