SOMALIA - Ten people were killed in a shootout in Hotel Then
al-Mukarama Mogadishu, including Somalia's ambassador to Switzerland,
Joseph Bari.
A number of other diplomats to escape by jumping out of the window after the militant Al-Shabaab opened fire and grenades at the hotel.
The attack started on Friday (27/03/2015) when a suicide bomber detonated a car with explosives outside the hotel. Until now, Somali government forces fought to take over the hotel in the Somali capital.
Somali special forces who have been trained in the US has been able to take over most of the hotel. However, a recent report said militants were still in the top floor and roof.
A spokesman for Al-Shabaab, told the BBC that al-Mukarama then attacked because of its popularity among government officials.
"We do not think of it as a hotel, it is the headquarters of the government," he said.
The police officer Ismail Olow told Reuters that he believed initially there are nine attackers, six of whom were killed in the crossfire.
Hotels in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, are often targeted by militants Al-Shabaab were driven out of the city a few years ago but still in control of the southern regions of Somalia
A number of other diplomats to escape by jumping out of the window after the militant Al-Shabaab opened fire and grenades at the hotel.
The attack started on Friday (27/03/2015) when a suicide bomber detonated a car with explosives outside the hotel. Until now, Somali government forces fought to take over the hotel in the Somali capital.
Somali special forces who have been trained in the US has been able to take over most of the hotel. However, a recent report said militants were still in the top floor and roof.
A spokesman for Al-Shabaab, told the BBC that al-Mukarama then attacked because of its popularity among government officials.
"We do not think of it as a hotel, it is the headquarters of the government," he said.
The police officer Ismail Olow told Reuters that he believed initially there are nine attackers, six of whom were killed in the crossfire.
Hotels in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, are often targeted by militants Al-Shabaab were driven out of the city a few years ago but still in control of the southern regions of Somalia
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