Armed militants burst into the mall, one of the city's most popular locations for foreigners and middle-class Kenyans, and carried out the deadliest attack the country has seen since the 1998 bombing of the U.S. embassy. 
Wanajeshi wenye silaha walivamia jengo hilo, moja wapo ya maeneo maarufu zaidi jijini humo linalotembelewa na raia wa kigeni na wa-Kenya wa tabaka la kati, na kufanya shambulizi la kikatili zaidi kuwahi kushuhudiwa nchini humo tangu kulipuka kwa bomu katika jengo la Ubalozi wa Marekani mwaka 1998.