Somalia: An attack similar to Mumbai has been carried out in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, where gunmen of the terrorist group Al-Shabaab opened fire on Hotel Hayat. Eight people were killed and more than 20 injured in the attack. First of all, there was a blast in 2 cars standing outside the Hyatt hotel. And then the terrorists entered the hotel and started firing on people.
Al-Shabaab militants opened fire on the Hyatt Hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, killing eight people, security sources and witnesses said. It is being said that terrorists have taken over Hotel Hyatt.
Two security officers including the intelligence chief injured
Somali police spokesman Abdifatah Aden Hassan said a suicide bomber initially entered the hotel and opened fire, resulting in a fierce firefight between security forces and gunmen from the jihadist group. Eight people died in this incident. He confirmed that some of the gunmen were still in the hotel. Further, he ensured that the security officials were dealing with the situation and said that the terrorists would be eliminated soon.
What has become another name for ‘fear’ in Somalia, al-Shabaab?
Al-Shabaab is one of the factions of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda in different parts of the world. Based primarily in Somalia, the organization’s full name is Harkat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen and has a strong presence in the country’s southern border with Kenya. Al-Shabaab’s sole aim is to overthrow the Somali government. Al-Shabaab follows Saudi Arabia’s Wahhabi Islam, the most radical form of Islam.
This is not the first attack by this terrorist group which has been waging a long war against the government of Somalia. Al Shabaab has carried out several horrific explosions in the city of Mogadishu in the past. The terrorist organization Al-Shabaab was founded in 2006. At the time the city of Mogadishu was under the control of the Union of Islamic Courts, an organization of Sharia courts. Its head was Sharif Sheikh Ahmad. The organization was defeated by the Ethiopian army in 2006 and Al-Shabaab was born. Al-Shabaab is the radical wing of the Union of Islamic Courts.