Show caption The SAS member enters a building attached to the dusitD2 hotel in Nairobi. Photograph: Kabir Dhanji/AFP/Getty Images Kenya SAS member helped secure Nairobi hotel complex Soldier, who was reportedly in Kenya to train special forces, took part in operation against attackers Press Association Wed 16 Jan 2019 12.16 EST Share on Facebook

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A member of the SAS helped secure a luxury hotel complex in Nairobi after 14 people, including a Briton, were killed in a militant attack.

Another Briton was wounded as gunmen stormed the dusitD2 complex in the Westlands district of the Kenyan capital on Tuesday afternoon, setting off explosions and shooting people.

The SAS soldier helps a woman to safety. Photograph: Njeri Mwangi/Reuters

Announcing the end of the operation to secure the area on Wednesday, the Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta, said: “All the terrorists have been eliminated.”

It is understood a member of the SAS was involved in the mission, although the MoD said it did not comment on special forces.

The solider searches a man at the scene of the attack. Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters

Images showed a heavily armed man with a military vest and balaclava working with local forces and helping victims leave the complex.

The Sun reported that the lone SAS member was involved in the operation, along with US Navy seals, having been in the country to train Kenyan special forces.