Al-Shabab Terrorists’ 24-Hour Siege of a Hotel is Lifted by Somali Forces

An undetermined number of persons, including all of the al-Shabab militants who started the attack, were killed when Somali security forces broke up a 24-hour siege at a hotel in the central city of Beledwyne on Wednesday, according to officials. Tuesday’s car bomb explosion at the Cairo Hotel, which houses military officers and traditional elders important in organizing the government’s offensive against al-Shabab, sparked the attack.

Omar Alasow, the mayor of Beledweyne, declared on Wednesday that six al-Shabab militants had been killed and that security forces had “successfully ended the siege.” The number of civilians killed in the attack is still unknown. The capital of the Hiran area, Beledweyne, is located around 335 kilometers (208 miles) north of Mogadishu and is a key site in the current war against al-Shabab.

The attack’s death toll was estimated in a variety of ways. Muhsin Abdullahi, a local, reported that two prominent traditional elders were among the six individuals slain. However, witness Hussein Jeelle Raage claimed that at least 11 individuals he knew were killed, including three members of his family. Social media users posted footage of the hotel’s extensive damage and dense smoke billowing.

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