At least 12 people have been killed in Somalia’s capital after al-Shabab militants attacked a hotel leading to a siege that authorities are still trying to end, an intelligence officer says.
militants attacked a hotel leading to a siege that authorities are still trying to end, an intelligence officer told Reuters on Saturday.
The attackers struck the Hayat Hotel on Friday evening with two car bombs, before entering the facility while firing their guns and seizing control. “So far we have confirmed 12 people, mostly civilians, died,” Mohammed, an intelligence officer who only gave one name, told Reuters “The operation is about to be concluded but it is still going on.”
A security officer gestures as he and colleagues patrol at the the site of explosions in Mogadishu on Saturday.Sounds of explosions punctuated the night as government forces tried to wrest control of the hotel back from the militants, witnesses said.
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