Al-Shabaab attack on a hotel in Somalia

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, the Al-Shabaab terrorist group is responsible for the attack on a luxury hotel in Somalia. took over Armed men belonging to this al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group attacked the SYL Hotel in Mogadishu around 9:45 p.m. local time on Thursday (6:45 p.m. GMT). Agence France-Presse said that armed men affiliated with al-Shabaab opened fire after entering the hotel. The police later said that the threat of the gunmen had been neutralized.

Abd Rahim Yusuf, a Somali police officer, said: “All the terrorist gunmen have been killed and the situation is now back to normal, security forces are carrying out clearance and Investigations are complete.” Local news agencies reported that an explosion was heard before the attack, and after that Al-Shabaab announced the attack on its Telegram channel. It is believed that the sound of the explosion was from a car bomb.

According to witnesses, police officers arrived at the hotel minutes after the shooting and an exchange of fire began between the militants and the Somali security forces. Eyewitnesses say ambulances took the injured to hospitals in nearby areas.

The Somali government has yet to issue a statement. Agence France-Presse reported that it is not yet clear whether this attack left any casualties or not. Reports indicate that a large number of members of parliament and other politicians were present in this hotel, and it is said that the government spokesman suffered Hasan Noor, one of the eyewitnesses who managed to escape from the scene after the Al-Shabaab attack, told AFP: “I don’t know about the casualties of this incident, but when the attack started, many people They were inside”.

SYL Hotel has been the target of several Al-Shabaab attacks in the past.

Al-Shabaab is a terrorist group that emerged from years of chaos in Somalia after the country’s civil war. It is in 1991. Last week, the group attacked three main neighborhoods in Mogadishu.

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