{"id":1833,"date":"2023-06-10T13:26:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T13:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euroislam.eu\/?p=1833"},"modified":"2023-06-10T13:33:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T13:33:34","slug":"al-shabaab-militants-attack-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euroislam.eu\/en\/counter-extremist-ideology\/i-miliziani-di-al-shaabab-attaccano-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia: Al-Shabaab militants attack beach hotel in Mogadishu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six civilians killed and ten injured in the attack on a hotel in the capital Mogadishu by Islamist militiamen<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Forze di sicurezza somale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Somali security forces, in the early hours of Saturday morning managed to end the siege of some terrorists linked to al-Shabaab in a hotel on the Mogadishu beach. The police said they had rescued 84 guests of the hotel luxury Pearl Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six civilians were killed in the attack and 10 were injured. Three other brave members of the security forces were shot dead during the rescue operation, police said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Qaeda<\/strong>-linked al-Shabaab<\/strong> group claimed responsibility for the raid on the hotel which continued from Friday evening to the early hours of Saturday for a total of 10 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The radical Islamist group has been carrying on a battle in the country against the internationally supported federal government for the past 15 years, an insurrection that brought about continued instability. \nSince the president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud<\/strong>, took office in May 2022, Al Shabaab, which in Arabic means \"the youth\"<\/strong>, is mainly present in rural areas and continues to carry out attacks against security and civilian targets, including in the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Somali National News Agency reported that \"the security forces have successfully neutralized\" the Islamist militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Witnesses said they heard gunfire and explosions at the Lido beach hotel on Friday evening where two suicide bombers reportedly blew themselves up<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The structure which is located in Lido Beach is frequented by government officials, politicians and foreign businessmen, not far from some embassies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official Somali news agency has published on Twitter some photos showing security personnel intervening to rescue civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the last few hours, Somalia has also recorded twenty-two victims, including two children<\/strong>, due to the explosion of some bombs about 120 kilometers south of Mogadishu. For the deputy district commissioner, Abdi Ahmed Ali it is \"a catastrophe\"<\/strong>. \"Near Qoryoley, innocent children were killed in an explosion caused by mortar fire,\" the official said at a press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Editorial Team<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sei civili uccisi e dieci feriti il bilancio dell’attacco ad un hotel nella capitale Mogadiscio da parte di miliziani islamisti Nelle prime ore di sabato mattina, [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[41,99,44,101,100],"class_list":["post-1833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-counter-extremist-ideology","tag-al-qaeda","tag-al-shabab","tag-extremism","tag-mogadiscio","tag-somalia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t