Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that a siege by suspected militants in Nairobi is over and all the attackers have been "eliminated".
Gunmen attacked the compound in the Westlands district of Kenya's capital on Tuesday, killing at least 14 people.
Officials originally announced the end of the siege hours after it began, but gunfire and explosions were heard again early on Wednesday.
The Somalia-based militant group al-Shabab said it was behind the attack. It is not clear how many attackers there were.
The complex houses the DusitD2 hotel as well as offices.
In a TV address to the nation, Mr Kenyatta said 14 people had been killed but 700 others were safely evacuated from the complex.
However, the Kenyan Red Cross put the number of dead at 24.
A US citizen is among the dead, the US State Department said, and a British citizen was also feared killed.
"I can now confirm that... the security operation at Dusit is over and all terrorists have been eliminated," the Kenyan president said.
"We will seek out every person that was involved in the funding, planning and execution of this heinous act," he added, vowing to pursue them "relentlessly".
"We are a country governed by laws, rules and regulations - a country that embraces peaceful coexistence... I must also state that we are also a nation that never forgets those who hurt our children."
Source: BBC
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To the minister handing tourism of Ghana we should learn lessons from all these .I will also suggest to the minster the following.Use the NACOB to identify all the potential tourist site in all the districts of the country for future development .Develop roads leading to the site.There should easy access to transport these areas.Develop more hotel ,entertainment centers,restaurants , guest house,exhibition and marketing centers nearer to these site. Security should be taken seriously in these areas.The The tourist board can also can create tourist center at may be Nkrumah circle .Here they showcase maps to various center and what can be found in these ares. The board can also lease with good transport agency to these areas.The best thing to all these is proper monitoring.