Family of American killed in Kenya sues Iran
The relatives of Jason Spindler, an American businessman killed in Nairobi's DusitD2 terror attack, have taken Iran to court seeking damages
The relatives of Jason Spindler, an American businessman killed in Nairobi’s DusitD2 terror attack, have taken Iran to court seeking damages.
In court documents filed in a U.S. federal court in Washington on Thursday, August 6, the family accuses Tehran of helping create the network that enabled Al-Shabaab to carry out the 2019 assault.
The 40-year-old was among 21 people killed when the militant group attacked the 14 Riverside Drive complex in Westlands.
The lawsuit comes at a particularly tense moment between Washington and Tehran.
President Donald Trump and Iranian officials have exchanged threats during the ongoing conflict, while diplomatic efforts have focused on preventing further escalation and resolving a standoff over the Strait of Hormuz.
Spindler’s relatives argue that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its overseas Quds Force provided al-Shabaab and related groups with weapons, money, training and logistical assistance.
They cite U.S. and United Nations material in support of their claims.
The case therefore seeks to connect a deadly attack in Nairobi to a much larger international network.
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The operation itself began when a suicide bomber detonated outside the Secret Garden restaurant.
Four gunmen then entered the complex, firing at people and throwing grenades as security forces moved to contain the attack.
The four attackers were eventually killed, and the complex was cleared.
Al-Shabaab later said the Nairobi operation was intended to strike Western and Israeli interests and linked it to Trump’s 2017 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and the subsequent move of the U.S. Embassy there, according to the family’s court filing.
Spindler’s family is now asking a U.S. court to determine whether Iran should be held financially responsible for his death, reopening a case that began with an attack in Nairobi but now reaches into the centre of the U.S.-Iran confrontation.
Iran has not been found to be behind the DusitD2 operation by either U.S. or Kenyan authorities, and the allegations in the U.S. lawsuit remain subject to litigation.
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