Hotel attack – Islamist militia attacks hotel in Mogadishu – News

• A suicide attack on a hotel in Mogadishu killed between three and 17 people, according to the source.
• A murderer in a car blew himself up in front of the entrance of the Hotel Afrik. Then the attackers broke into the building.
• The Islamist terrorist militia Al-Shabaab confessed to the bloody act. She has been fighting for supremacy in Somalia for years.

An assassin ran through the entrance door of the Hotel Afrik with a car loaded with explosives. The killer then blew himself up and shots were heard, reporters from dpa and Reuters reported.

Attack on the fragile state

Later, armed men broke into the hotel and opened fire on the people present. The attackers took refuge in the hotel and fought with security forces, a police officer said. The death toll is between three and 17 people.

Around 30 people were injured and taken to hospital. Several people were rescued from the hotel by security forces, including high-ranking military personnel.

Somalia has been unstable for years and the development of a functional state proceeds very slowly. On February 8, the country elects a new president. However, it will not be the first direct election with universal suffrage since 1969, as expected, but, as in previous years, an indirect vote based on the traditional clan system.