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 a 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]
| 2024 Mogadishu SYL Hotel attack and siege | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Somali Civil War | |
| Location | SYL Hotel, Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Date | 14 March 2024 |
| Target | Government officials |
Attack type | Bombing, siege, shootout |
| Deaths | 14 (including 6 perpetrators) |
| Injured | 27 |
| Perpetrators | Al-Shabaab |
References
edit- ^ "Al-Shabab attacks hotel in Somali capital". BBC News. 2024-03-14. Archived from the original on 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ "All 5 attackers killed, ending Somalia hotel siege in which 3 soldiers died". AP News. 2024-03-15. Archived from the original on 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ AfricaNews (15 March 2024). "All 5 attackers killed, ending Somalia hotel siege in which 3 soldiers died". Africanews. Archived from the original on 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ "Three soldiers die in hotel attack in Somali capital: police". Reuters.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Al-Shabab fighters killed as overnight siege of Mogadishu hotel ends". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
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