Security Somalia ends five hours rebel siege forces killed in a Mogadishu hotel 15

(Mogadishu, Somalia) – The Somali security forces on Sunday ended a nearly five hours siege by Islamic extremists in a beach hotel in Somalia’s capital, police and a government spokesman. At least 15 people were killed, the attacker penetrated, Elite Hotel, a popular new subsidiary young people in Mogadishu, said Col. Ahmed Aden, a police officer. The security forces killed as a result of all the four attackers and dozens of people who were trapped inside the hotel saved, Ismail Mukhtar, spokesman for the information ministry of Somalia told the Associated Press. The attack in the afternoon with a powerful car bomb has started, the tip-off the security gates to the hotel. Then armed men inside ran and took hostages, mostly young men and women who were eating there, he said. ambulance sirens could belong in the area, which had a power cut when the attack began. rebels homegrown Islamic extremists in Somalia, al-Shabab, which is allied to al-Qaeda are responsible for the attack on his arm Radio Andalus. The hotel attack shattered a period of calm that lasted for a couple of months. Earlier this year, Somalia has been a wave of attacks.
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