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Somali troops end deadly Al-Shabab restaurant siege
[SHABELLENEWS] Somalia’s security forces have ended a night-long siege by al-Shabaab...  the personification of Somali state failure...fighters at a popular Mogadishu restaurant where 20 people were taken hostage, police said. At least 19 people were killed when a car driven by a jacket wallah rammed into the Posh Hotel insouth Mogadishu on Wednesday evening before gunnies rushed into Pizza House, an adjacent restaurant, and took 20 people hostage. Soldiers surrounded the building and used guns mounted on the backs of vehicles to kill all five attackers, officials said. The building was secured after dawn on Thursday, said senior Somali police office Mohammed Hussein. Bodies of five girls and a Syrian man who worked as a chef were found inside the restaurant, said police. "We are in control of the hotel but it was mostly destroyed by the suicide bomber," Abdi Bashir, a police officer, told Rooters news agency. Meanwhile, ...back at the pound, the little lost dog had finished eating the rat terrier... survivors recounted harrowing stories of hiding under tables, as armed attackers continued firing in the restaurant on Wednesday. Attackers moved from room to room, looking for people, said a survivour. "I never thought I would have the chance to see the sun again. They were killing people on sight," said Saida Hussein, a university student who survived the attack by hiding behind a large table on the ground floor.
Posted by: Fred 2017-06-16 |
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