Islamists “liquidated” after 12 hours. siege hotel in Mogadishu … – Gazeta.pl

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Captain Mohamed Hussein announced that completed the exchange of fire and security forces took control of the entire building. Previously reported that the terrorists have mastered the third and fourth floor of the hotel. – The operation has ended and we took full control of the hotel – assured Hussein.

It is not known how many of the victims were gunmen. The representative of the special forces, however, assured that all the terrorists were liquidated. Among the victims of the Islamists is Somalia’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Yusuf Mohamed Ismail Bari-Bari – confirmed the earlier information agency dpa President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud country.

Al-Shabab spokesman Sheikh Abu Musab Abdiasis confirmed on Friday that the attack carried out militants of the organization. According to police and witnesses first detonated a suicide bomber with explosives car landed near the entrance gate to the hotel complex, and a moment later there Islamists stormed into armed with machine guns.

Pentagon : Our drone killed the terrorist leader

Connected to Al-Qaeda Islamists from Al-Shabaab controls large areas in the south and central parts of Somalia, where the use of Sharia law. For many years in the country also carry out terrorist attacks.

The Pentagon said on Wednesday that the US drone attack in southern Somalia was killed March 12 Al-Shabaab leader, Adan Garar. He was suspected of having links to the attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi in 2013., Which killed approx. 70 people.

According to the Pentagon Garar was the key person responsible for coordinating the external action of the Somali Al-Shabaab militia, aimed of US citizens and the interests of Western countries. Death Garara “asked another blow to the terrorist organization Al-Shabab” – written.

On Thursday, the Somali authorities reported the terms “an important leader of” Al-Shabab and three other militants of the organization.

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