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2019-07-15 Africa Horn

Car bomb and all-night hotel siege kill 26 in Somalia's Kismayo

[Reuters] MOGADISHU/GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) - Kenyans, Americans, a Briton and Tanzanians were among 26 people killed when Islamist gunmen stormed a hotel in the Somali port city of Kismayo, officials said on Saturday, the deadliest attack in the city since insurgents were driven out in 2012.

A car bomb exploded at the hotel in the southern port city while local elders and lawmakers were meeting on Friday night, before three gunmen stormed in, police said. Security forces took 11 hours to end the siege, they said.

The dead included a presidential candidate for August’s Jubbaland regional elections, Jubbaland state president Ahmed Mohamed Madobe said. At least two journalists and a U.N. agency staff member were also reported to have been killed.

Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group al Shabaab, which is trying to topple Somalia’s weak, U.N.-backed government, immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-15 04:15|| || Front Page|| [11152 views ] Top
File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)

#1 Somalia. Isn't that when one of AOC's buddies is from? Ilhan Omar?

No wonder she doesn't want to go back.

Posted by Bobby 2019-07-15 15:33|| 2019-07-15 15:33|| Front Page Top

#2 At least two journalists and a U.N. agency staff member were also reported to have been killed.

And these guys aren't on our side?

Posted by Skidmark 2019-07-15 15:57|| 2019-07-15 15:57|| Front Page Top

Posted by 3dc 2019-07-15 19:58|| 2019-07-15 19:58|| Front Page Top

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