New Delhi: Gunmen attacked a prominent hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, killing four people, police officials said. Al-Shabaab militants attacked a prominent hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday (November 27, 2022) evening, Reuters reported. It is noteworthy that the hotel is located a short distance from the Presidential Palace in central Mogadishu.
The news of the attack was reported by the AFP news agency, citing a security agency official. The security forces have cordoned off the hotel.
“Terrorist gunmen are inside a room in the building. Security forces will end the siege very soon… We have confirmed four deaths so far,” security official Mohammad Tahir told Reuters news agency.
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The Villa Rose Hotel in Mogadishu is where government officials stay. Environment Minister Adam Aw Hirsi, who says terrorists targeted his residence there, tweeted that he was now safe. Somalia’s Minister of Internal Security, Mohamed Ahmed, was also reportedly injured in the attack.
It is not known how many people took over the hotel with explosives and guns. A witness to the attack told the news agency that he heard a loud explosion followed by heavy gunfire.
“We are inside the house and we are hearing gunshots,” said Ahmed Abdullahi, who said we were shocked. has informed that. Government officials were rescued through the hotel’s windows, police official Mohammad Abdi told Reuters.
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For more than 15 years, the Islamic extremist group Al-Shabaab has been threatening the region. In August this year, it struck another popular hotel and killed 20 people. At the time President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud vowed to take tough action against the al-Shabaab group.
At least 100 people were killed in twin car bombings near the city’s busiest road in October.
The president mobilized the Somali army and government-backed militias to retake villages and towns from al-Shabaab. The al-Shabaab Islamic group controls large parts of the country and aims to overthrow the government and establish a regime based on strict enforcement of Islamic law.
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