BREAKING: Militants carry out complex attack on Mogadishu beachfront hotel - witnesses

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How is this even possible. That whole area is cordoned off to private vehicles. There are some bajaaj who go there using smaller streets. I guess gaarigee isku qarxiyeen bajaaj inuu ahaa.

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Somali forces kill attackers to end siege at popular Mogadishu hotel

Somali forces have killed the last of four Al-Shabaab attackers who fought their way into the beachfront Elite Hotel in Mogadishu after a car bombing Sunday, a government spokesman says.

"Somali special forces end a 4 hours-long deadly siege at Elite hotel in Mogadushu after killing the last attacker," Ismail Mukhtar said on Twitter late Sunday.

Mukhtar and police said four attackers were involved in the assault. He put the death toll at 10, including a solider and two officials with the information and defense ministries. Dozens of others have been wounded, hospital sources said.

Mukhtar said 205 people had been rescued after troops ended the siege at 10 p.m. local time.

The attack began when a car bomb detonated at the gates of the Elite Hotel and gunmen then launched an assault inside.

Somali terror group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on its mouthpiece channel, Radio Andalus.

"The mujahideen carried out an assault involving car bomb and [a] gun raid targeting [the] Elite hotel owned by [a] Somali lawmaker," the al Qaeda affiliated group said. The owner of the hotel, lawmaker Abdullahi Mohamed Nur, said after the siege ended that he was among those freed.

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo issued a statement condemning the "heinous and cowardly" terrorist attack.

"The main purpose of the ambush attacks by the terrorists is to discourage the Somali people who are recovering from difficult circumstances," he said. "It is a fact that their plan is to harm every Somali through some misguided Somali youth."

The president issued his condolences over the victims of the attack and wished a speedy recovery to the wounded.

Somalia's Ministry of Information confirmed the death of Abdirisak Abdi, a ministry official.

The beachfront Elite Hotel is regularly frequented by locals and foreigners since it is based in a heavily protected area in the city. But it is unclear if there are any foreign nationals currently staying at the hotel.

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I don't think this was Al-Shabaab.

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52 minutes ago, Che -Guevara said:

I don't think this was Al-Shabaab.

Could be business competition assassins. 

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[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Maxaa ka jira in la fududeeyey weerarkii Elite?

Waxaa weli isa soo taraya macluumaadka laga helayo weerarkii xooganaa ee maalin ka hor lagu qaaday hotelka Elite ee magaalada Muqdisho, kaas oo ay fuliyeen dagaalyahano ka tirsan Al-Shabaab oo gudaha u galay hotelkaasi.

Janaraal Yuusuf Maxamed Siyaad (Indhacadde) oo xilal kala duwan ka soo qabtay dalka ayaa sheegay in la fududeeyey weerarkaasi, kadib wareysi uu siiyey Shabelle.

Indha Cadde ayaa wareysiga lala yeeshay ku sheegay in gaarigii uu ku qarxay afaafka hore ee hotelka iyo raggii saarnaa loo fudeeyey inay tegaan hotelka oo si weyn loo ilaaliyo.

Sidoo kale wuxuu tilmaamay in goobta la weeray ay ku yaallaan Koontaroolo dhowr ah oo lagu baaro gaadiidka kala duwan, xittaa kuwa dowladda, isaga oo carabka ku adkeeyey in su fudud aan lagu geli karin halkaasi, islamarkaana ay cadahay in lala shaqeeyey raggaasi.

”Waa loo fududeeyey in gaarigaas uu meesha tego waa lala shaqeeyey si kale oo ku dhici karto maleh, aniga baabuur Cabdi Bile ah oo Nashiike saaran yahay ayaan la socdaa baabuurkeyga ciidan ayaan saaran waa la’ii celiyaa, waana la’iibaaraa ID Card ayaa la’ii weydiiyaa, marka si kale kuma tegi karo gaarigaas in loo fududeeyey uun ayuu ku tegay hotelkaas.’’ ayuu yiri Janaraal Yuusuf Maxamed Siyaad (Indha Cadde).

Waxa kale oo uu ka hadlay waxaa soo celiyey weerarada Al-Shabaab ee magaalada Muqdisho,isaga oo sabab uga dhigay in laga gaabiyey culeyskii saarnaa,gaar ahaan dagaalka lagula jiro iyo sidoo kale isla xisaabtan la’aan ka jirta hay’adaha amniga.

Ugu dambey wuxuu hoosta ka xariiqay in Al-Shabaab ay awoodaan inay weeraraan goob kasto oo bartilmaameedkooda ah, iyaga oo adeegsanayo wejiyo kala duwan iyo xeelado.

Si kastaba ha’aahaatee hadalkan ayaa ku soo beegmaya maalin, kadib weerarkii cuslaa ee lagu ekeeyey hotelka Elite, kaas oo ay ku dhinteen ku dhowaad 20 qof, halka ay ku dhaawacmeen tiro intaasi ka badan oo isugu jiray shacab iyo shaqaale dowladeed intaba.

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One of the few times Indhacadde makes sense.

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