At least 12 dead in Mogadishu attack

Feb 29, 2016, 21:03
At least 12 dead in Mogadishu attack

A popular park, known as the Peace Garden, also came under fire, according to the BBC.

Al-Shabab fighters set off vehicle bomb and storm a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, according to Reuters. The attack on the heavily-fortified SYL Hotel, named after the Somali Youth League, left plumes of smoke billowing high above the city.

The same agency later added, around 9:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. ET), that its "rescue mission" had "concluded" with four attackers killed and several other people dead.

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The Shebab movement claimed responsibility for the attack in a brief statement on its Instagram account.

The al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab frequently targets government buildings, hotels and security forces in Mogadishu in its bid to overthrow the Western-backed government.

ONE hundred and eighty Kenyan troops were killed when al-Shabaab attacked their base last month, Somalia's President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has said. A Somali official says a mortar attack targeting the Somali presidential palace has killed three civilians, including a child.

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Another report suggested a auto bomb exploded at the main gate of the hotel.

"We have received 21 people wounded in the blasts - and they are now being treated at the hospital", said Mohamed Abbas, the director of Daru-Shifa hospital in Mogadishu.

A suicide bomber in a vehicle laden with explosives blew himself up in the parking lot of a hotel in Mogadishu on Friday, said Ahmed.

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