Al-Shabab kills anti-terrorism nemesis in Mogadishu attack
Suicide blast kills five people in hotel assault, including retired general Mohamed Nur Galal, who was former army commander and intelligence chief.
Monday 01/02/2021
People flee from the scene of the suicide blast near the Afrik hotel in Mogadishu, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. (AP)
MOGADISHU – At least five people, including a prominent former general, were killed in an hours-long Al-Shabab attack on a Mogadishu hotel, which ended around midnight on Sunday, Somali police said.
The al-Qaeda-linked extremists detonated a car bomb at the entrance to the Hotel Afrik at a busy junction near the airport before gunmen stormed the hotel, exchanging fire with security personnel.