Hotel Attacks News Today

hello and welcome to bbc news. security forces in somalia say theyre sweeping a hotel in the capital mogadishu for explosives after ending a 30—hour siege by islamist militants. but there has no independent confirmation. at least 12 people were killed in the deadly 30—hour ordeal, although local media reports the death toll could be even higher. emily brown reports. the crackle of gunshots penetrating the mogadishu air. a crumbling hotel in the somali capital under attack after it ...

began on friday evening, when the al—shabaab group detonated two bombs outside the hayat hotel in the capital. dozens of people were evacuated from the building, said to be popular with the journalist and politicians. the siege lasted for 30 hours, with gunmen having held hostages inside. we have seen some footage which we can show you, in it, you can hear the gunshots. gunfire. this was clearly an intense battle for control. it is not yet known how many people died during the siege....

hello, and welcome to bbc news. we begin with some news which has been breaking out of somalia over the last couple of hours, where security forces say theyve ended a siege that had lasted over 30 hours at the hayat hotel in the capital, mogadishu, where islamist gunmen were reported to be holding hostages. theres been no independent verification, and no official statement from the somali government. our reporter emily brown has been following the story and joins me now. emily, what is...

Eight people were killed after militants stormed a hotel in Somalia's port city of Kismayo, an attack that started with a suicide bombing Sunday before gunmen forcibly entered and exchanged fire with security forces.

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On standby to try to deal with these sorts of events in abul. but this seems to have been handled by the afghans themselves. and by the standards of these hotel attacks, relatively small numbers of casualties. six dead, one foreigner, 153 were saved from that building by climbing down bed sheets and curtains and generally just stampeding out. kabul is a town that is used to these sorts of events and people react pretty swiftly. 41 of those who escaped were foreigners. >> very fortunate so many p...

Responsibility for the thursday attacks in baghdad. at least nine people died. and more than a dozen were wounded. the hotels are popular with baghdads elite and foreigners. lets turn to our senior international correspondent nick paton walsh live in baghdad with more on that and why its so significant, nick. >> reporter: george, that was really from those hotel attacks just the nature of the bombings and the fact that theyre key to luxurious hotels as you say frequented with foreigners, in fact...

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