Terrorists attacked an upscale hotel complex in Kenya’s capital on Tuesday, sending people fleeing in panic as explosions and heavy gunfire reverberated through the neighbourhood. A witness reported seeing at least two bodies.

Al-Shabab the Somalia-based extremist group that carried out the 2013 Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi that left 67 people dead claimed responsibility for the assault and said its members were still fighting inside.

Several vehicles burned. People were rushed, some carried, from the scene. At least one was on a stretcher. Some ducked behind cars, screaming. Others appeared to take cover behind fountains and other features in the lush outdoor complex.

The complex in Nairobi’s Westland’s neighborhood includes a large hotel known as DusitD2, along with banks and offices.“It is terrible. What I have seen is terrible. I have seen a human as I ran out and there is what looks like minced meat all over,” said one man who said he ran from the scene, Charles Njenga.

Gunfire continued several minutes after the first reports as ambulances, security forces and fire fighters rushed to the scene. Black smoke rose from the complex. A bomb disposal unit arrived, and vehicles were cordoned off for fear they contained explosives.

“We have sent officers to the scene, including from the anti-terrorism unit, but so far we have no more information,” police spokesman Charles Owino said.A large group of women were hurried out by security forces, one woman still in curlers. Dozens of others were hurried away as plainclothes officers went shop to shop in the complex. Some people held up their hands to show they were unarmed.