Victims of the Riverside attack

At least 21 people are confirmed to have been killed when militants stormed the DusitD2 hotel and business complex in Nairobi on Tuesday.

It has been reported that all victims have been identified. Here are a few of the images and brief profiles we could find.

Japhet Ndunguja (GSU officer)

The 26-year old General Service Unit officer was shot dead by terrorists in the DusitD2 hotel attack. He was from Kimala in Taita Taveta County. Ndunguja’s sister says that his death has robbed her family of a hardworking brother who had ambitious plans for the future.

Six Cellulant employees

These men put their lives on the line in true acts of bravery, leadership and selflessness to save the lives of their colleagues in the terrorist attack.

Benadette Konjalo was the front office manager at Dusit. Her death confirmation was shared by Robert Alai.

Also known as “Odu Cobra” by his friends, James Oduor died on the eve of his birthday and was known for his passion for football. He loved the grassroots game and set up the YouTube fan site, Wadau TV, a year ago. He was a university friend of BBC business editor Larry Madowo who tweeted, “He was one of the nicest, happiest people I’ve ever met. Rest well, Odu, nind maber [Luo for rest in peace]. The world is better because you lived.”

Kenyan development consultants Feisal Ahmed, 31, and Abdalla Dahir, 33, who worked for Adam Smith International (ASI), were having lunch together at the Secret Garden restaurant in the grounds of the hotel when the suicide bomber struck. Friends and relatives described Mr Ahmed and Mr Dahir as inseparable.

Jason Spindler, an American tech CEO who survived 11 September World Trade Centre terror attack in New York in 2001 was among the victims of the hotel attack. Mr Spindler was co-founder and CEO of I-Dev International – a company focused on financial innovations to reduce poverty – he was working in Kenya on a mini-power grid project tailored for remote areas.

Briton Luke Potter worked for the charity Gatsby Africa as their Africa programmes director. He described himself on his company website as loving water-sports, camping, hiking and talking about adventures outside the city. Mr Potter held dual South African nationality and had only recently moved to Nairobi from Britain. “I strongly believe in the need for societies to offer as equal an opportunity as possible to all, and that, while economic competitiveness is essential to build a country, long-term stability is not achievable unless the gains are widely spread,” he said on the website.

Various Sources