Kenya on high alert after terrorist attack put down

Kenyan capital Nairobi remained on high alert on Wednesday as President Uhuru Kenyatta announced that security operations quashed a terror attack that killed 14 civilians at an upscale commercial complex.

All terrorists involved were killed in the 19-hour ordeal that also took the lives of the 14 civilians, Kenyatta said in a television speech on Wednesday. More than 700 people were rescued.

Earlier reports said 11 Kenyans, a US citizen and a Briton were among the casualties.