2024 Mogadishu SYL Hotel attack and siege explained
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]
Notes and References
- Web site: 2024-03-14 . Al-Shabab attacks hotel in Somali capital . 2024-03-15 . BBC News . en-GB . 2024-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240314235313/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68569023 . live .
- Web site: 2024-03-15 . All 5 attackers killed, ending Somalia hotel siege in which 3 soldiers died . 2024-03-15 . AP News . en . 2024-03-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240315150956/https://apnews.com/article/somalia-syl-hotel-attack-alshabab-7a9bdd2dd1da050e942819afe2ba4b4a . live .
- Web site: AfricaNews . 15 March 2024 . All 5 attackers killed, ending Somalia hotel siege in which 3 soldiers died . 2024-03-15 . Africanews . en . 2024-03-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240315153911/https://www.africanews.com/2024/03/15/all-5-attackers-killed-ending-somalia-hotel-siege-in-which-3-soldiers-died/ . live .
- Web site: Three soldiers die in hotel attack in Somali capital: police . Reuters.
- News: 2024-03-15 . All 5 attackers killed, ending Somalia hotel siege in which 3 soldiers died . 2024-03-15 . Washington Post . en-US . 0190-8286.
- Web site: Al-Shabab fighters killed as overnight siege of Mogadishu hotel ends . 2024-03-15 . Al Jazeera . en . 2024-03-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240315120755/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/15/al-shabab-fighters-killed-as-overnight-siege-of-mogadishu-hotel-ends . live .
