Death toll up to 21 in Somalia hotel attack: health minister
August 21, 2022 / 3:23 PM
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Somali Security officers patrol at the site of explosions in Mogadishu
Sharjah 24 – AFP: The number of civilians killed in a 30-hour siege by Al Shabaab terrorists at a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has climbed to 21, Health Minister Ali Haji Adan said Sunday.
"The ministry of health has so far confirmed the deaths of 21 people and 117 people wounded" in the gun and bomb attack by the Al Qaeda-linked group that began on Friday evening and lasted over a day, he said.
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