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Nov 28, 2022, 6 tweets

#BREAKING 4 dead in militant hotel siege in Somali capital: security agency

#UPDATE At least four people have been killed in an ongoing siege by Al-Shabaab militants on a hotel in Mogadishu, Somali security official says.

"The terrorist gunmen are trapped inside a room in the building and the security forces are about to end the siege very soon...:

At least four people have died in an ongoing attack by Al-Shabaab militants who laid siege to a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Gunfire and explosions could still be heard over 12 hours after the militants stormed the hotel near the presidential palace

u.afp.com/iGZu

#BREAKING Somalia militant hotel siege ends: police spokesman

#BREAKING Eight civilians killed in Somalia militant hotel siege: police spokesman

#UPDATE Somali security forces on Monday ended an hours-long siege by Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents who killed eight civilians after storming a prominent hotel in the capital Mogadishu, the police said ▶️ u.afp.com/iG5M

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