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| At least seven dead in blast at hotel in Somalia's capital |
| 2020-08-17 |
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Militants stormed a high-end seaside hotel in Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 20, in the second attack by Islamist insurgents on a highly fortified target in the Somali capital this week. Militant group al Shabaab claimed the attack on the Elite Hotel in Lido beach, which started with a suicide car bombing. Its gunmen later battled security forces. The hotel is owned by Abdullahi Mohamed Nor, a lawmaker, and ex-finance minister and frequented by many government officials, government workers, and people from the Somali diaspora. “There were officials of (President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo’s) government inside the hotel when we attacked,” said a statement broadcast on al Shabaab’s Radio Andalus. |
| Posted by:Fred |