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Somali forces kill all four Mogadishu hotel attackers to end siege

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February 1, 2021
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London, Feb. 1, 2021 (AltAfrica)-All four al-Shabaab fighters who carried out the hotel attack in Mogadishu were killed by security forces, a police spokesman said on Monday.

In this image made from video, people flee from the area as gunshots are heard, on a street near the Afrik hotel in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. The hotel in Somalia’s capital has been hit by an explosion and an attack by gunmen, according to police. (AP Photo)

At least five people died in the attack on a Mogadishu hotel by Somalia’s al-Shabab rebels that was ended early Monday by security forces, according to the Somali police force.

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“In all, nine people had been killed in the attack, four of them gunmen, while more than 10 others have been injured. We have ended the deadly siege in the capital,” Xinhua quotes Sadiq Adan, a police spokesman.

In addition to those killed, 15 people were injured and have been hospitalized, health authorities said.

The rebels exploded hand grenades and rocket-propelled grenades in their attempt to repulse the police forces who were closing in on them, he said.

Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack through their Andalus radio and Somalimemo website.

Among the dead are Gen. Mohamed Nur Galal, a well-known retired army veteran who lived in the hotel. Another general and more than 100 civilians were rescued from the hotel, which is near the strategic K-4 junction on the road to the capital city’s international airport, said Ali.

The road leading to the airport has been reopened Monday morning and forces are cleaning of the destruction caused by the explosion of a vehicle at the entrance to the hotel which started the attack Sunday.

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and the country’s prime minister condemned the attack and sent their condolences to the families of the deceased.

Separately, James Swan, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia and head of the UN Assistance Mission in the country (UNSOM), denounced the “senseless attack”.

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