2024 Mogadishu SYL Hotel attack and siege

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2024 Mogadishu SYL Hotel attack and siege
Part of the Somali Civil War
LocationSYL Hotel, Mogadishu, Somalia
Date14 March 2024 (2024-03-14)
TargetCivilians
Attack type
Bombing, siege, shootout
Deaths14 (including 6 perpetrators)
Injured27
PerpetratorsAl-Shabaab

On 14 March 2024, a suicide bomber affiliated with al-Shabaab detonated a device outside the SYL hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia.[1] Three guards and two security forces were reported killed.[2] Five gunmen then stormed the hotel in 13-hour siege, causing a gunfight with the army which resulted in the deaths of three soldiers and the six attackers.[3] Twenty-seven other people were wounded.[4] The hotel is located close to the Presidential Palace.[5] The location makes it popular with government officials.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Al-Shabab attacks hotel in Somali capital". BBC News. 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  2. ^ "All 5 attackers killed, ending Somalia hotel siege in which 3 soldiers died". AP News. 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  3. ^ AfricaNews (15 March 2024). "All 5 attackers killed, ending Somalia hotel siege in which 3 soldiers died". Africanews. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  4. ^ "Three soldiers die in hotel attack in Somali capital: police". Reuters.
  5. ^ "All 5 attackers killed, ending Somalia hotel siege in which 3 soldiers died". Washington Post. 2024-03-15. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  6. ^ "Al-Shabab fighters killed as overnight siege of Mogadishu hotel ends". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
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