{"id":7408,"date":"2021-02-01T22:44:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T22:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=7408"},"modified":"2021-02-03T09:49:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T09:49:30","slug":"at-least-9-killed-in-mogadishu-hotel-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2021\/02\/01\/at-least-9-killed-in-mogadishu-hotel-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 9 killed in Mogadishu hotel attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU —<\/strong> At least 9 people have been killed and more than 10 others wounded after four Al-Shabaab fighters stormed Afrik hotel in Mogadishu\u2019s KM4 area police confirm.<\/p>\n

The militants detonated a car bomb near the hotel and forced themselves inside the hotel.<\/p>\n

Somali Police spokesman Sadik Adan Ali told journalists among those killed included 4 Turkish trained Somali troops and four militants who stormed the hotel.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe have ended the deadly siege in the capital Mogadishu Sunday night, which left nine people dead and wounded more than ten others,\u201d<\/p>\n

The spokesman said casualties have been taken hospitals and the number may rise.<\/p>\n

Among those killed also include well know retired former Somali military commander Mohamed Nur Galal.<\/p>\n

General Galal was born near Elbuur, Galgaduud region. He joined the Somali police in 1957 after he finished his primary education.<\/p>\n

He joined the army in 1960 during President Siad Barre.<\/p>\n

Al-Shabab militants claimed responsibility for the Afrik hotel which in the recent weeks been hosting a series of conferences by members of the opposition and clan elders.<\/p>\n

Al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaeda, has been waging a brutal insurgency in Somalia for more than a decade.<\/p>\n

It has been pushed out of Mogadishu by government and African Union troops, but the group still carries out bombings and assassinations in the city.<\/p>\n

Source: Radio Dalsan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Origin: View original<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU — At least 9 people have been killed and more than 10 others wounded after four Al-Shabaab fighters stormed Afrik hotel in Mogadishu\u2019s KM4 area police confirm. The militants detonated a car bomb near the hotel and forced themselves inside the hotel. Somali Police spokesman Sadik Adan Ali told journalists among those killed included …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-protection-cluster"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t