Crime
Terrorists attack hotel, kill 9, injure 47
Terrorists on Sunday attacked a hotel, killing 9 people, and leaving 47 others injured in Kismayo, southern Somalia. The attack and killings were attributed to the Al-Shabaab Islamist.
The terrorists were said to have struck at 12.45 pm (0945 GMT) with a booby-trapped car ramming into the entrance of Hotel Tawakal. The attack was said to have lasted till about 7.00pm; security forces were said to have succeeded in killing the terrorists.
Jubaland security minister Yusuf Hussein Osman had identified the dead victims to include students at a nearby school, asserting that the four attackers, and the suicide bomber all died also.
Police officer Abdullahi Ismail in a statement indicated: “The first one detonated himself and the three were killed by the security forces.
“This is not a government target.
“It is just an ordinary, civilian-frequented hotel.”
Al-Shabaab, claiming responsibility for the terrorists attack, noted that members of the federal government of Jubaland, where Kismayo is located, were meeting in the hotel at the time.
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