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Somalia Executes 3 Over Deadly 2017 Hotel Attack
[RADIOSHABELLE] Somalia’s military says it executed three men convicted of carrying out a deadly attack on a hotel in the capital in 2017.A statement issued by the military said the three were rubbed out by a firing squad at a police academy in Mogadishu Wednesday. The men were convicted of participating in an assault on Nasa-Hablod hotel which killed 18 people and maimed 47 others in October 2017. The three were members of Somalia’s al-Shabaab  ...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...Islamic holy warrior rebels and were arrested during the attack on the hotel. Somalia’s homegrown holy warrior group, al-Shabaab, is allied to al-Qaeda. The rebels were pushed out of the capital, several years ago, but they continue to operate in the countryside and frequently carry out violent attacks on hotels in Mogadishu. Posted by: Fred 2019-07-13 |
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