2023 Mogadishu hotel attack | |
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Part of the Somali Civil War | |
Attack location | |
Location | Mogadishu, Somalia |
Date | 10 June 2023 |
Target | Civilians |
Attack type | Bombing, siege, shootout |
Deaths | 16 (including 7 perpetrators) |
Injured | 10 |
Perpetrators | Al-Shabaab |
On 10 June 2023, al-Shabaab militants attacked a hotel in Lido Beach, Mogadishu, Somalia, resulting in the killing of six civilians, three soldiers and seven attackers. [1] [2] [3]
Jihadist group al-Shabaab began an insurgency in 2006, trying to overthrow the internationally backed Somali government and impose a severe form of Sharia law. [3] The Islamist group have carried out many attacks in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, targeting civilian buildings including hotels and restaurants as well as military and political targets. [3]
On the night of 9–10 June 2023, al-Shabaab attacked the popular, upmarket Pearl Beach hotel and restaurant in Mogadishu's Lido Beach. [3] Seven gunmen attacked its restaurant after detonating a bomb there. [3] They killed at least six civilians and three members of the security forces. [3] Eighty four civilians were rescued following a siege. [4] All the attackers were shot dead by the security forces. [3]
2023 Mogadishu hotel attack | |
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Part of the Somali Civil War | |
Attack location | |
Location | Mogadishu, Somalia |
Date | 10 June 2023 |
Target | Civilians |
Attack type | Bombing, siege, shootout |
Deaths | 16 (including 7 perpetrators) |
Injured | 10 |
Perpetrators | Al-Shabaab |
On 10 June 2023, al-Shabaab militants attacked a hotel in Lido Beach, Mogadishu, Somalia, resulting in the killing of six civilians, three soldiers and seven attackers. [1] [2] [3]
Jihadist group al-Shabaab began an insurgency in 2006, trying to overthrow the internationally backed Somali government and impose a severe form of Sharia law. [3] The Islamist group have carried out many attacks in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, targeting civilian buildings including hotels and restaurants as well as military and political targets. [3]
On the night of 9–10 June 2023, al-Shabaab attacked the popular, upmarket Pearl Beach hotel and restaurant in Mogadishu's Lido Beach. [3] Seven gunmen attacked its restaurant after detonating a bomb there. [3] They killed at least six civilians and three members of the security forces. [3] Eighty four civilians were rescued following a siege. [4] All the attackers were shot dead by the security forces. [3]