Somali troops have put to an end the siege on a Mogadishu hotel by al-Shabab militants on Friday.
BBC was there:
At least 14 people were killed and more wounded after US-trained Somali special forces soldiers stormed the building.
Journalists at the scene say they have seen the bodies of both militants and soldiers.
Islamist al-Shabab is linked to al-Qaeda and has been battling the UN-backed government in Somalia since 2006, frequently targeting civilians.
Hussein Ali, a member of Mogadishu’s ambulance service, told the Associated Press that there were28 wounded. The Somali ambassador to Switzerland, Yusuf Baribari, is among the dead.
Other diplomats escaped by jumping from windows. The attack began when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed car outside the building.
0 Comments