On Sunday, at least 16 people were killed in an attack by the islamist group known as al Shabaab on a seaside hotel in Somalia’s capital – Mogadishu. This was reported by Ismail Mukhtar Omar, government spokesperson.
Omar said in a Tweet that, the toll includes 11 victims and five assailants.
“Security forces lost one, 18 people were injured,” Omar said.
Militants stormed the high-end Elite Hotel in Lido beach, detonated a car bomb and immediately started opening fire with assault rifles. This is the latest attack by al Shabaab, which has been battling the country’s central government since 2008.
Director of AAMIN ambulance services, Dr Abdikadir Abdirahman, said that they had transported at least 43 injured people in the attack to hospitals.
Somalia has been embroiled in violence since 1991, when clan warlords took over Mohamed Siad Barre and then turned on each other.
