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8 killed after suspected Al-Shabaab attack Elite Hotel in Mogadishu
A view of Mogadishu's Lido Beach where local residents come to spend time at the beach. At least eight people were killed in a gun and bomb attack by suspected Al-Shabaab fighters at Elite Hotel on the beach on August 16, 2020.
Photo credit: Abdirazak Hussein Farah | AFP
What you need to know:
- Officials were still assessing the damage by press time but sources said eight people had been killed and at least 30 wounded in the incident that was followed by gunfire.
- The attack may have targeted Somalia Education Minister Godeh Barre and other government officials seen at the facility.
- Mr Barre escaped unhurt but some officials were injured. Among the dead was Abdirazak Abdullahi Abdi, a Director in the Somali Ministry of Information.
At least eight people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday after an explosion by suspected Al-Shabaab militants at the newly built Elite Hotel on Lido Beach in Mogadishu.
Officials were still assessing the damage by press time but sources told the Nation that eight people had been killed and at least 30 wounded in the incident that was followed by gunfire.
