I think this is more on this story from yesterday.
[ShabelleMedia] Al-Shabaab
... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all ofwhich have enough problems without them...holy warriors stormed a hotel in central Somalia’s Beledweyne on Tuesday, killing at least seven people, including local elders and officials, in a deadly siege that underscored the persistent threat of the al-Qaeda-linked group.
The attack on the Qahira Hotel began early Tuesday with an explosives-laden vehicle detonating outside the building, followed by button men who entered the premises, according to police and witnesses. The hotel was hosting a meeting of local elders and government officials discussing strategies to counter the Islamist insurgency when the assault occurred.
Dahir Amin Jesow, a federal politician said that security forces engaged the attackers in a prolonged firefight, eventually killing the holy warriors and ending the siege. Among the dead were two prominent elders, Aden Ali and Mohammed Osman, and Major Aden Mohamud, a military officer, local authorities confirmed.
Al-Shabaab grabbed credit for the attack, asserting in a statement that it had killed more than 10 people. The group frequently targets government officials and civilians in its campaign to overthrow Somalia’s central government.
"Hours after the initial assault, government forces were still flushing out fighters from nearby alleys," Jesow said, noting that some holy warriors had been killed outside the hotel. The exact number of attackers remained unclear, though estimates ranged from six to seven button men.
Beledweyne, located about 208 miles north of the capital, Mogadishu, is a strategic hub in the ongoing conflict with al-Shabaab. The attack follows a pattern of brazen assaults by the group, including a suicide kaboom last year at a Mogadishu beach hotel that killed 37 people.
Somalia: Security forces neutralise Al-Shabaab fighters behind hotel attack
[Garowe] Somalia's security forces neutralized 3 Al-Shabaab attackers who initiated the attack within Qahira Hotel in the city of Beledweyne, multiple sources confirmed, but the exact number of the masterminds killed in the operation was not immediately revealed.
Sources said the security teams overpowered the militants who had caused massive losses on the premises, killing them after a lengthy exchange of fire between the two groups. The militants are said to have targeted a meeting seeking solutions to eliminating them.
Government officials said at least eleven people were killed including two elders and a man who had been blinded in a previous al-Shabaab attack in Beledweyne three years ago, this month — given their dedication in the fight against the group.
Somalia’s minister of health Ali Haji Adam condemned the “cowardly” Al-Shabaab attack in Beledweyne, confirming that two prominent elders — Adan Raaxa Jecel and Mohamed Osman Farah are among the 7 dead.
The elders are said to have attended a meeting seeking solutions to eliminating the group from the Hiiraan region, which has been the face of the Al-Shabaab crackdown across the country — it is in this region that the first phase of Al-Shabaab crackdown was launched in 2022.
Al-Shabaab militants launched the complex attack on the hotel in the central Somalia town of Beledweyne at the time security forces have intensified operations against the group in central and southern regions in the country where the influence of the group cannot be underestimated.
The militants detonated an explosion followed by gunmen who stormed the hotel where elders and activists were meeting to discuss anti-al-Shabaab mobilizations in western parts of the Hiran region, sources said.