A Kenyan court has found two men, Hussein Mohammed Abdile and Mohamed Abdi Ali, guilty of aiding al-Shabaab militants in the 2019 attack on the Dusit hotel and office complex in Nairobi, which killed 21 people.
The attackers, who were Somali and affiliated with al-Qaeda, stormed the complex in January 2019, sparking a 12-hour siege.
Abdile and Ali were accused of providing logistical support to the gunmen, including helping two attackers obtain forged identity cards to escape from a refugee camp.
A third suspect, Mire Abdullahi, had earlier been convicted in a plea bargain. Judge Diana Mochache convicted Abdile and Ali, stating they would be sentenced next month.
Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack, citing revenge for Kenya’s military presence in Somalia.
Kenya has faced repeated attacks from al-Shabaab, including the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack that killed 67 people and the 2015 Garissa University attack that killed nearly 150 students.
The militants aim to overthrow Somalia’s fragile government and have targeted Kenya for its troops fighting jihadists in the Horn of Africa.
