Mogadishu hotel attack death toll rises to 16

Civilians inspect the wreckage of a car destroyed at the scene of a militant attack at the Elite Hotel in Lido beach, Mogadishu, Somalia, August 17 2020. Picture: REUTERS/FEISAL OMAR

The toll from the hotel attack included 11 victims and five assailants, Ismail Mukhtar Omar said in a tweet late on Sunday, adding: “Security forces lost one.” “No-one can enter that area without a government ID card. It is impossible for car bombs or even civilian cars just to go in there,” Moalimuu said.

Footage of the security response shared with Reuters by a security source shows Somali soldiers helping guests climb down ropes strung from hotel windows, and jubilant soldiers chanting “Allahu Akbar” over the bloodstained bodies of three men sprawled in a stairwell. Al-Shabaab has been battling the central government since 2008. The insurgents want rule based their own strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law.

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