Al-Shaabab Attack on Kismayo Hotel Leaves 9 Civilians Dead
On Sunday, nine civilians were killed in an attack on a hotel in the heart of Kismayo, a port city in southern Somalia, before security forces shot and killed the attackers.
Al-Shaabab Attack on Kismayo Hotel Leaves 9 Civilians Dead
On Sunday, nine civilians were killed in an attack on a hotel in the heart of Kismayo, a port city in southern Somalia, before security forces shot and killed the attackers.
According to Yussuf Hussein Dhumal, the security minister for Jubaland, security personnel shot and killed three of the terrorists, and a fourth was killed in the bomb detonation.
Nine individuals, including students and citizens, were killed in the explosion, while 47 others, some of them critically, were hurt, according to Dhumal.
“Many youngsters were hurt because the motel where the explosion occured was next to a school.”
The hotel’s gate was hit by a vehicle carrying explosives, and the al-Shabab armed organization then claimed responsibility for the incident.
The port city is the most recent to be attacked as a result of a recent uptick in brutal attacks by the al-Qaeda-affiliated group, which primarily targeted the capital Mogadishu and central Somalia.
The attack on Sunday started at 12:45 p.m. (09:45 GMT) when a car carrying explosives crashed into Hotel Tawakal’s front door.
Policeman Abdullahi Ismail declared, “This is not a government objective.” “It’s just a regular motel that caters to civilians,”
Al-military Shabab’s operation spokesperson, Abdiasis Abu Musab, claimed that the group wanted to target the hotel-based officials of the Jubbaland region.
The commercial center of Jubbaland, which is in southern Somalia and is still in part under al-Shabab control after being driven out of the city center in 2012, is Kismayo.
