Somali forces end hotel attack in which 20 were killed
World | August 21, 2022 14:45 ISTSomalia hotel terror attack: The siege ended around midnight, police commissioner Abdi Hassan Hijar told reporters.
Somalia hotel terror attack: The siege ended around midnight, police commissioner Abdi Hassan Hijar told reporters.
Most of the casualties were passers-by and traders, Hussein told The Associated Press. The toll of dead and wounded was announced by security ministry spokesman Abdulaziz Hildhiban.
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