ALERT: Shooting Outside U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya

ALERT: Shooting Outside U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya

A man was killed outside the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.

While no Security Message for U.S. citizens has been issued, the embassy confirmed the shooting via

Twitter: “Confirmed: Shooting incident near the Embassy. No Embassy personnel were involved. We

refer you 2 Kenyan authorities 4 further details.”

According to the International Business Times:

A man wielding a knife in an alleged attack on the United States embassy in Nairobi,

Kenya Thursday was reportedly shot and killed after he tried to stab a guard near one of

the entrances, NTV Kenya reports.

The man’s identity is presently unknown, but bystanders posted pictures of his body

after he killed to social media.

His motive for the alleged attack is also unknown, and the embassy has yet to make an

announcement regarding the attack.

The man reportedly tried to stab a General Service Unit officer, which is part of Kenya’s

National Police Service.

According to Capital News:

A man was on Thursday afternoon shot dead by GSU officers guarding the US Embassy

in Nairobi, police said.

The shooting occurred at the entrance of the VISA section on UN Avenue in Gigiri.

“There has been a shooting outside the embassy and a man is dead,” a senior police

officer said.

When contacted, Gigiri Divisional Police chief Vitallis Otieno said “The man was shot

after stabbing a GSU officer in the hand and left him with injuries.”

He added that “The officer sustained injuries in the head and hand after the

confrontation in which the attacker had tried to grab a gun from him.”

Heavily armed police officers were immediately deployed to the scene and sealed off part

of the road as investigations got underway.