16/08/2020
At least five dead in Al Shabab attack on hotel in Somali capital
At least five people were killed in a gun and bomb attack by Al Shabab fighters on an upscale beachfront hotel in Somalia's capital on Sunday, officials and witnesses said. Security forces were struggling to regain control of the Elite Hotel in the Lido beach area of Mogadishu hours after the assault began, and the assailants appeared to have taken hostages, government security official Ahmed Omar said. quot;There is still sporadic gunfire and the initial information we have received indicates five people died and more than 10 others were wounded,quot; he said. quot;The death toll can...
