the hotel. here s abc s james long maun with the latest. reporter: panic gripping kenya s capital nairobi as explosions and gunfire ring out. terror strikes. 3:00 p.m., near the upscale dusit hotel, an explosion outside a bank hits three cars, while a suicide bomb goes off inside the hotel lobby. surveillance video shows four gunmen entering the hotel, scveing fire, sending guests toin amre g escape through windows, crouching in the dirt. anti-terror squads rushing inside, where they go from room to room, flushing out the attackers. the operation takingours. pl today, you will not die. you re not dying today. reporter: al qaeda-linked terror group al shabab claiming responsibility. there s no official death toll in today s attack. witnesses say at least five dead, and an american among those killed. the government did say the site was secured, but more gunshots were heard. and tonight, families reporting loved ones still inside, hiding
dead. i talked to a parent who said his daughter called him and said she was okay and said she saw the person dead, they think it was a girl being carried out, blood dripping. i mean, horrible, horrible details that these students have to see. my heart and prayers go out to the families now. this is a community that, you know, 20 years ago, they experienced something in the county one over with a shooting. these communities know how this feels and it is a tragedy to see it happening again. cars are lining the roads, parents are trying to pick up students now, but they re transferring them. i can see the bus, marshall county school bus transporting high school students now and they re going to north marshall middle school to keep them safe and parents i think can pick them up at that school. and, leah, we re seeing video for the first time on our screen of pretty much where you re standing outside of the high school, first responders arriving, rushing inside, can only imagine what it
ask. anti-terror police rushing inside, passengers run for their lives. the suspect has mental health problems and chose his victims at random, seven people including two officers and a 13-year-old girl are injured, the suspect arrested after jumping off a bridge trying to escape. they do not believe this was terror related. heather: upgrade the gillick navy seal in yemen, washington made no bad decisions here. to we did an exhaustive actor action view on this, had a good understanding what happened on this objective and we have pooled lessons learned and we will apply in future operations. heather: they are calling for end to investigations into the january mission it revealed the us gained valuable information on al qaeda militants during that raid, some lawmakers questioned the mission and what