Gunfire Heard Inside A Besieged Hotel In Somalia Capital
Gunfire heard inside a besieged hotel in Somalia capital. According to authorities, Al Shabaab terrorists besieged the facility near the president's mansion in the capital for nearly a day before Somali security forces stormed the building, ending the siege and killing nine people.
Author:Suleman ShahReviewer:Han JuNov 29, 2022155 Shares2.4K Views
Gunfire heard inside a besieged hotel in Somalia capital. According to authorities, Al Shabaab terrorists besieged the facility near the president's mansion in the capital for nearly a day before Somali security forces stormed the building, ending the siege and killing nine people.
More than 12 hours after the Islamist group assaulted the building in the heart of Mogadishu, gunfire heard inside a besieged hotel in Somalia capital as the special forces engaged the militants.
A government minister said that he and otherskicked down a door to escape after being trapped in the hotel after evening prayerswhen a suicide bomber attacked and the gunbattle started. A police spokeswoman claimed that 60 civilians had been rescued.
The attack is a reminder that terrorists with ties to al-Qaeda can still do dangerous things inside the capital, sometimes with a high death toll, even though President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's government is trying to fight them.
The police spokesperson, Sadik Aden Ali, referred to the Villa Rose hotel where the siege took place and said, "The operation at the hotel Rose has been concluded."
In addition to one soldier dying during the siege, Ali later stated that the militants had slain eight civilians. He stated that five soldiers had been hurt.
Five of the six al Shabaab attackers were killed by gunfire from the security forces, while one fighter detonated a suicide bomb, according to Ali.
Al Shabaab, a group with ties to al Qaeda that runs a lot of the country, said it was behind the attack and said it was aimed at the nearby presidential palace in a statement.
Al Shabaab often sets up attacks in Mogadishu and other places. Its goal is to topple the government and replace it with its own rule based on the interpretation of Islamic law.
The Villa Rose Hotel in Mogadishu is frequently used for meetings by government representatives. There are also some residents that work for the government.
Adam Aw Hirsi, the environment minister for Somalia, claimed that a suicide bomber detonated a thunderous bomb outside the hotel where he resides, followed by militants on foot who broke through the hotel's tightly secured perimeter.
Conclusion
On Monday (Nov 28), a local resident and a police officer said gunfire heard inside a besieged hotel in Somalia capital. Parliament said it had to cancel a meeting that was supposed to happen on Tuesday.
Over the last three months, Somali government forces have made a series of military advances against al Shabaab with the help of clan militias, African Union troops, and US air strikes.
It was unclear if the U.S. military participated in the conflict on Monday, despite the fact that it has carried out multiple airstrikes on al Shabaab this year.
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Suleman Shah
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Suleman Shah is a researcher and freelance writer. As a researcher, he has worked with MNS University of Agriculture, Multan (Pakistan) and Texas A & M University (USA). He regularly writes science articles and blogs for science news website immersse.com and open access publishers OA Publishing London and Scientific Times. He loves to keep himself updated on scientific developments and convert these developments into everyday language to update the readers about the developments in the scientific era. His primary research focus is Plant sciences, and he contributed to this field by publishing his research in scientific journals and presenting his work at many Conferences.
Shah graduated from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (Pakistan) and started his professional carrier with Jaffer Agro Services and later with the Agriculture Department of the Government of Pakistan. His research interest compelled and attracted him to proceed with his carrier in Plant sciences research. So, he started his Ph.D. in Soil Science at MNS University of Agriculture Multan (Pakistan). Later, he started working as a visiting scholar with Texas A&M University (USA).
Shah’s experience with big Open Excess publishers like Springers, Frontiers, MDPI, etc., testified to his belief in Open Access as a barrier-removing mechanism between researchers and the readers of their research. Shah believes that Open Access is revolutionizing the publication process and benefitting research in all fields.
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