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security forces in somalia say they re sweeping a hotel in the capital, mogadishu, for explosives after ending a 30 hour siege by islamist militants but there has no independent confirmation. al shabab militants stormed the hayat hotel on friday. our reporter, emily brown, gave me the latest on the story. we know that dozens of people were evacuated from the building, which is said to be popular with both journalists and pop as politicians. the siege lasted for 30 hours with the gunman holding hostages. we have seen some footage which we can show you an inner ear can the gunshots. this is clearly an intense battle for control and it is not known how many people died during the siege and witnesses say at least 20 and witnesses say at least 20 and one of the reported victims is the hotel owner although this has not been confirmed. earlier security official said 13 had been killed. the militant group alsa bad said some of the fighters managed to escape al shabab but a ....
And pop as politicians. the siege lasted for 30 hours with the gunman holding hostages. we have seen some footage which we can show you an inner ear can the gunshots. this is clearly an intense battle for control and it is not known how many people died during the siege and witnesses say at least 20 and witnesses say at least 20 and one of the reported victims is the hotel owner although this has not been confirmed. earlier security official said 13 had been killed. the militant group alsa bad said some of the fighters managed to escape al shabab but a somalia security people told us that gunmen were dead and no gunfire since the siege ended. the official gave no information about the total number of casualties on the attack on the hotel or how many al shabab fighters have been killed. so still many ....
You are their allegiances with? al shabab s allegiance remains to al-qaeda. the islamic state has tried to flip al shabab over to its side, and did not succeed in that, so a splinter group emerged which has become the islamic state in somalia, however, it still remains rather weak. al shabab is not only the strongest of the militant groups andjihadi groups in somalia, but it also remains essentially aligned in its ideology with al-qaeda. but it is a very powerful group in and of itself, and does not depend on al-qaeda for its capacities and the strength of its operations. are security forces in the countries where al shabab operate equipped to deal with them? unfortunately not. the international community has ....
Unconfirmed reports. killed. 50 still many unconfirmed reports. any indication unconfirmed reports. any indication why unconfirmed reports. any indication why the - unconfirmed reports. any indication why the siege happened in the first place? the al shabab is the main islamist militant group in somalia, engaged in long running conflict with the government. it is the first attack of its kind since president took office in may. some believe this deadly assault is the reaction to the government, comments saying they will intensify response to they will intensify response to the group. we get to hear back from the government although security officials told reporters that the government would give a press briefing about the attack on sunday but we do not know exactly when will be. well, earlier i spoke to vanda felbab brown, who s co director of the africa security initiative at brookings. i asked if she was surprised it took so long to end the siege. ....