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Somali security forces kill 5 Al Shabaab fighters to end hotel siege
[DAWN] Somali security forces rubbed out five al-Shaboobs, who had killed three civilians and two soldiers during an attack on a hotel near the presidential residence in Mogadishu on Tuesday night, police said early on Wednesday.Al-Shabaab  ...... the personification of Somali state failure..., an Al Qaeda linked Death Eater group, frequently launches bombing and gun raids in Mogadishu in a bid to topple Somalia's UN-backed government. The group confirmed last night it had attacked the Syl hotel, a popular gathering place for officials and politicians. The latest attack started at around 7pm on Tuesday and ended at about 1am on Wednesday, when all five attackers had been killed, deputy police commissioner General Zakia Hussen said in a statement on Twitter. "The security forces ended the operation. Five people including three civilians and two soldiers died in the attack," Hussen said. "Eleven others were slightly injured, including nine civilians and two soldiers," she added. Related: Al Shabaab: 2019-12-09 Al-Shabaab Retakes Area From Jubaland State Forces Al Shabaab: 2019-12-07 At least eight killed in Kenya in suspected Islamist militant attack Al Shabaab: 2019-10-07 Djibouti Forces Under AMISOM Have Not Been Paid For Months Related: Al Qaeda: 2019-12-10 4 'ABT militants' held in Noakhali Al Qaeda: 2019-12-10 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appeals death sentence Al Qaeda: 2019-12-08 America's Missile That Uses Sword Blades Instead Of Explosives Has Struck Again In Syria Posted by: Fred 2019-12-12 |
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