State Department Identifies American Killed In Nairobi Terror Attack

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Source: NPR

State Department Identifies American Killed In Nairobi Terror Attack

January 16, 20198:57 PM ET
Richard Gonzales

The U.S. State Department has identified the American killed Tuesday in a terrorist attack on a luxury hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, as Jason Spindler of Houston.

In a statement issued late Wednesday, Deputy spokesman Robert Palladino said,

"The United States condemns in the strongest terms the January 15 terrorist attack at the DusitD2 Hotel Complex in Nairobi, Kenya. The United States offers our deepest condolences to the families and friends of those killed and a quick recovery to all who were injured. In particular, our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Jason Spindler, an American who died during the attack.

"These craven attacks are a stark reminder of why the United States remains resolved in our fight to defeat terrorism. We stand with the Kenyan government and people as they confront violent extremism and work to bring the perpetrators to justice."

Spindler was the CEO and managing director of the San Francisco-based I-DEV, a strategy and investment firm with an office in Nairobi, according to ABC News.

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Read more: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/16/686084272/state-department-identifies-american-killed-in-nairobi-terror-attack

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Source: Houston Chronicle

Houston native who helped out after 9/11 killed in Nairobi terror attack

By Samantha Ketterer Updated 6:42 pm CST, Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Jason Spindler was making his mark on the world.

The 40-year-old Houston native was working in Africa, using the San Francisco-based company he co-founded to bolster businesses in emerging markets. He valued diversity and strove for inclusivity.

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"If you looked at him and talked to him, you'd say, 'This guy is destined to change the world,'" his father, Joseph Spindler, a Houston physician, said Wednesday. "And he did."

His death this week — one of at least 21 people killed in the terrorist siege on the DusitD2 luxury hotel and shopping complex in Nairobi, Kenya — left those who knew him mourning around the world.

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Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/American-Texan-Jason-Spindler-killed-terror-13538183.php

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1. News said he worked for the Peace Corp. too. Noble.

Quite a loss.