People have begun paying tribute to those killed at the luxury hotel complex in Nairobi.

Abdallah Dahir was reportedly having lunch with a friend when attackers sprayed their table with bullets, a peer wrote on Twitter.

A British citizen is feared to be among the 14 killed in the siege, the Foreign Office says. There are no other details

Kenya's President Kenyatta said over 700 civilians were evacuated to safety.

Stories from those rescued overnight have emerged this morning. Two journalists working for national broadcaster NTV found themselves caught in the siege for over 12 hours.

"We are crammed inside the toilet with a number of guys," messaged reporter Silas Apollo to a WhatsApp group with other journalists while hiding. "I'm very scared."

They told newspaper The Nation that they could hear the exchanges, external between the attackers and security officers from their hideout.

President Uhury Kenyatta announces the end of the siege. He says 14 people have been killed. "All terrorists eliminated," Mr Kenyatta says.

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A US citizen is among the dead, the US State Department says.

Journalists on the ground have reported hearing sporadic explosions and heavy gunfire into the early hours of Wednesday.

Kenyan security forces are still trying to break the siege by Islamist militants, despite authorities saying at the scene was under control at 23:00 local time (20:00 GMT).

We resume our live coverage of the attack on Nairobi's DusitD2 hotel complex, where security forces are still trying to gain control.

At least 15 people have been killed in the attack that began at 15:00 (12:00 GMT) on Tuesday.

Some civilians are reportedly still trapped in the luxury hotel, with an apparent siege developing on the second day of the attack by al-Shabab militants.

Some 50 people are reported to have been rescued on Wednesday morning; others have been texting relatives from hiding places.

The militants are said to be holed up on the hotel's seventh floor.

As Tuesday comes to a close, we are pausing our live coverage of the attack in Nairobi.

What we know so far:

• A gun and explosive attack was launched at about 15:00 local time (12:00 GMT) at a luxury hotel complex in the Westlands area of the Kenyan capital on Tuesday
• After an extensive security operation, authorities said at 23:00 local (20:00 GMT) that the scene was now under control
• Information about the attackers remains unclear - but the al-Shabaab militant group has claimed to be behind it
• There is no official word on casualties - but witnesses have reported a number of deaths

Until our coverage resumes, you can read the latest updates on the DusitD2 hotel attack here.

Photographs from Nairobi show the chaos and confusion at the scene earlier on Tuesday.

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Moussa Faki Mahamat, the chairman of the African Union Commission (AUC), has condemned Tuesday's attack on the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi.

In a statement, he also commended Kenyan security forces for their swift response, external.

Footage shows people being evacuated from the DusitD2 hotel complex area after two explosions and gunfire were heard.

"They started outside, they came in shooting," one eyewitness says.

Mr Matiang'i said: "The security teams have evacuated scores of Kenyans and other nationalities from the buildings.

"The situation is under control and the country is safe. Terrorism will never defeat us."

Speaking on Kenyan television just now, interior cabinet secretary Fred Matiang'i said all buildings in the hotel complex had been secured.

The Communications Authority of Kenya has asked citizens to only trust information coming from official government sources.

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Somalia's al-Shabab group has alleged online that it killed dozens in today's attack in Kenya's capital.

A message posted on the pro-al-Shabab's Somali Memo website reported a death toll of 47 - without offering any further evidence.

Kenyan police are yet to confirm the extent of casualties and a security operation is still ongoing.

There is nothing to support the militant group's claim and there has been no official statement from the government regarding a death toll.

The New York Times' East Africa bureau chief has apologised after a Kenyan backlash over an image that appeared to show dead victims.

A photograph credited to the Associated Press was used by the newspaper - but other agencies also filed similar images of the same scene.

At the time of writing, the image is still featured in a report on the New York Times website.

The BBC's Nairobi correspondent, Ferdinand Omondi, has tweeted about online anger being directed at newspapers over the publishing of images that apparently show dead victims.

Kenyan police have still not confirmed how many people have died.

Authorities have implored people not to share graphic images and footage from the scene.

The app-based cab-hailing company is offering free rides to people travelling to hospitals in the area to give blood.