The Saudi Ministry of Foreign affairs expressed Riyadh’s condemnation and denunciation of the suicide bombing and the subsequent siege that targeted a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu that left at least 16 people dead, including five assailants.,
The Saudi’s reaffirmed its position rejecting all forms of violence, extremism and terrorism and extended its condolences to the families of the victims and to the government and people of Somalia, wishing speedy recovery for the wounded.
An attack carried out by the Al Aqaeda affiliated Militant group Al Shabaab on a popular hotel in the Somali capital that left at least over a dozen people dead, including five assailants, ended with the dramatic rescue of more than 200 people on Sunday after a raging gun battle.
The attack was the latest in a series of deadly attacks carried in war torn Somalia as the armed group Al Shabaab attempts to solidify its control over the strategically located and oil rich country.
The Shabab attacks have increased in recent months even as Somalia has struggled to contain the coronavirus pandemic, experienced flash floods that have displaced tens of thousands of people and been swarmed by desert locusts that threaten the food supply.
The attack on the Elite Hotel in Mogadishu began Sunday afternoon after a car bomb exploded at the gates of the hotel, which is on Lido Beach, a popular beachfront and a symbol of the country’s resurgence from civil war.
The armed group Al Shabaab was formed as a result of tens of thousands of Ethiopian troops invading Somalia under the cover of US drones in late 2006, which sparked an unprecedented insurgency and gave birth to Al Aqaeda’s strongest ally in Africa.
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