Mogadishu police said they killed two Al Shabaab attackers and rescued dozens of people from inside of a Somali hotel under attack
An ambulance carrying an injured person from an attack by Al Shabaab gunmen on a hotel near the presidential residence arrives to the Shaafi hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia December 10, 2019.
The two attackers were killed outside the hotel as they launched the attack, while two others stormed inside, deputy police commissioner General Zakia Hussen said, adding security forces had rescued 82 people, including several officials. The militant group, which frequently launches bombing and gun raids in Mogadishu in a bid to topple the UN-backed government confirmed it had attacked the Syl hotel, which is popular with officials and lawmakers.One police officer, who only gave his name as Ahmed, said security forces at the hotel had thought the gunmen were police as they approached until they started shooting and hurling grenades. "We exchanged fire at the gate of the hotel," he said.
Osman Abdulle, a witness at a nearby hotel, said he heard gunfire inside the hotel late into the night on Tuesday.
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