Al-Shabaab gunmen attack Mogadishu SYL hotel in Somalia and 'kill 12'

Feb 29, 2016, 04:41

Hundreds of people have been killed in al Shabaab attacks in the past two years.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced on Somali Cable TV on Thursday that almost 200 Kenyan peacekeepers had been killed in Somalia in January when Al-Shabaab attacked an African Union military base.

After the attack, Kenya said the bombs used by al-Shabab were three times more powerful than those used by al-Qaeda in the 1998 USA embassy attack in the capital, Nairobi, which left 224 people dead. "I saw 12 dead civilians, but the toll may well be higher", Ibrahim Mohamed said.

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At least eight people have been wounded, medical sources told the BBC.

The hotel and park are located close to the top-security Villa Somalia complex that houses the presidential palace and the prime minister's office.

However, al-Shabab claimed to have killed more than 100 Kenyan troops during the deadly assault.

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A second auto bomb, which exploded within 30 minutes of the attack on the hotel, targeted a public garden near the SYL.

Somalis injured in a suicide auto bomb attack on a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, Feb, 26 2016.

Al-Shabab is waging an armed insurgency in Somalia.

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Despite being pushed out of Somalia's major cities and towns, al-Shabab continues to launch deadly guerilla attacks across the Horn of Africa.

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