Top ex-general among five killed in jihadist raid on Mogadishu hotel

Top ex-general among five killed in jihadist raid on Mogadishu hotel
AFP
2/1/2021
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Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists detonated a car bomb at the entrance to Mogadishu's Hotel Afrik
At least five people, including a prominent former general, were killed in an hours-long Al-Shabaab attack on a Mogadishu hotel, which ended around midnight on Sunday, Somali police said.
The Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists 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.
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Somalia
Somali police spokesman Sadik Dudishe told a press conference that four attackers had also died.

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