Al-Shabaab militants kill 5 in attack on Mogadishu hotel
Emergency rescue staff carry the body of a victim over rubble at the scene of a car-bomb attack on February 4, 2019 in Somalia capital Mogadishu's Hamarwayne District. Al-Shabaab militants killed five people in an attack on SYL hotel in Mogadishu on December 10, 2019. PHOTO | ABDIRAZAK HUSSEIN FARAH | AFP
The attack on Tuesday evening, claimed by the Islamist group al-Shabaab, took place at a hotel in Mogadishu popular with politicians, army officers and diplomats.
Several witnesses told AFP that the assailants were dressed in police uniform, which allowed them to approach the hotel without arousing suspicion.
Al-Shabaab posted a statement online saying it had carried out an operation "which happened as planned", but gave no further details.
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Five people including three civilians were killed when jihadist militants stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital, police said Wednesday, adding that all five attackers had also died after an hours-long siege.
