2024 Mogadishu SYL Hotel attack and siege

2024 Mogadishu SYL Hotel attack and siege
Part of the Somali Civil War
Location	SYL Hotel, Mogadishu, Somalia
Date	14 March 2024 (2024-03-14)
Target	Government officials
Attack type	Bombing, siege, shootout
Deaths	14 (including 6 perpetrators)
Injured	27
Perpetrators	Al-Shabaab

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]

References

1. "Al-Shabab attacks hotel in Somali capital". BBC News. 2024-03-14. Archived from the original on 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
2. "All 5 attackers killed, ending Somalia hotel siege in which 3 soldiers died". AP News. 2024-03-15. Archived from the original on 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
3. AfricaNews (15 March 2024). "All 5 attackers killed, ending Somalia hotel siege in which 3 soldiers died". Africanews. Archived from the original on 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
4. "Three soldiers die in hotel attack in Somali capital: police". Reuters.
5. "All 5 attackers killed, ending Somalia hotel siege in which 3 soldiers died". Washington Post. 2024-03-15. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2024-03-15.
6. "Al-Shabab fighters killed as overnight siege of Mogadishu hotel ends". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-15.