A suspected Al-Shabaab terrorist was on Thursday shot dead after he stabbed a General Service Unit (GSU) officer at the heavily guarded US Embassy in Gigiri, Nairobi.
“The US Embassy confirms there was a shooting incident near the Embassy. No Embassy personnel were involved. We refer you to Kenyan authorities for further details,” said a statement from the embassy.
The suspect, it is reported, was trying to forcibly gain entry into the embassy when he was blocked by the Kenyan officer at the gate.
The attacker stabbed the GSU officer on the head and right hand before the officer gunned him down.
Dressed in a dark blue jeans and grey sweat-shirt, he pretended to be passing by the Visa section gate when he attacked the officer.
Gigiri OCPD Vitalis Otieno said the suspect hails from Wajir County but could not give his name.
An eye witness said he saw the man attack the officer to ground and that the officer, however, managed to shoot and kill his attacker.
Investigations into the incident were taken over by five detectives from the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) who collected samples and exhibits, including his blood samples.
Detectives said the suspect had no mobile phone but had a Safaricom SIM card in his pocket.