Somalia Car Bomb, Shooting Hits Kismayu Hotel, Three Dead, Police Say
Date
10/23/2022 3:07:44 PM
(MENAFN- trend news agency) a car bomb and shooting attack on a hotel in the somali city of
kismayu killed at least three people on sunday before security
forces ended the siege at the hotel and killed the attackers,
police said, reports citing .
gunfire erupted after an explosives-laden vehicle rammed into
the gate of the port city's tawakal hotel. the al qaeda-linked al
shabaab militant group said it had carried out the attack.
'so far there are three people dead and eight others injured,
who were taken to kismayu hospital,' farah mohamed, a security
officer told reuters from kismayu.
mohamed nasi guled, jubbaland's deputy chief of police, said
earlier on sunday on somali national television there had been
three attackers at the hotel.
mohamed, the security officer, said later on sunday security
personnel had ended the siege.
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