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Somalia: 10 killed in Al-Shabab attack on hotel Somali security forces ended an eight-hour-long siege on a hotel early this morning following an attack by Al-Shabaab militants in the capital Mogadishu. February 1, 2021 at 11:24 am At least ten people were killed amid the fighting around the Afrik Hotel, strategically located near the heavily fortified Mogadishu airport and often frequented by government officials, opposition politicians, and humanitarian workers. The casualties include a retired army general, as well as four members of the Al-Qaeda, affiliated insurgent group, and five civilians, authorities have said the fighting began with a suicide car bomb blast followed by heavy fighting between security forces and attackers. ....
Militants Storm Hotel in Somali Capital and Blasts Rock Area The authorities said nine people, including four militants, had been killed at the Afrik Hotel. The extremist group the Shabab was believed to be behind the attack. Security forces securing the area near the scene of an attack at a hotel in Mogadishu on Sunday.Credit.Feisal Omar/Reuters Jan. 31, 2021 NAIROBI, Kenya Militants stormed a major hotel in the capital of Somalia on Sunday evening, the authorities said, raising fears of growing violence in the Horn of Africa nation as it faces a bitterly contested election season and the withdrawal of American troops. ....
MOGADISHU, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) At least five people were killed and several others injured in a suicide car bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday evening, police and witnesses said. The latest attack started at 5.00 p.m. when a car packed with explosives exploded at the Afrik Hotel near a busy security checkpoint near Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu. A police officer who requested anonymity told Xinhua that al-Shabab stormed inside the hotel after the first blast went off outside the hotel. I can confirm that five people were killed in the attack but will give full details later, said the police officer who declined to be named. ....