Ambulances take part in a rescue operation in Mogadishu, Somalia, June 9, 2023. (Source: AFP/VNA)
Somalia's state news agency SONNA and state broadcaster SNTV announced that gunmen had blockaded the luxury Pearl Beach Hotel in the capital Mogadishu since the evening of June 9.
The incident left at least seven people injured.
“Security forces have neutralized Kharijite gunmen who carried out the terrorist attack at the Pearl Beach Hotel in Mogadishu,” SNTV said.
The incident took place at the famous Peark restaurant in the Pearl Beach hotel on the coast, a popular hangout for officials. Several civilians were rescued during the operation.
The Kharijite gunmen belong to the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab, which has ties to the international terrorist network Al-Qaeda and has been waging an insurgency against the Somali federal government for the past 15 years.
In November 2022, the group attacked another hotel in Mogadishu, killing nine people. In 2020, Al-Shabaab also carried out a large-scale attack on a hotel on Lido Beach, killing 10 civilians and a police officer.
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