Death tolls of hotel attack rises
The death toll of yesterday’s Al Shabab attack on the hotel Maka Al Mukaram has now reached 15 , this is according to the police who said they concluded their operation in the hotel.
The attack also injured more than 20 people including civilians , the hotel guards and members of the government forces , this according to Col Farah Adan of the Somali police force.
Al Shabaab spokeman Ali Mohamud Raage said some of the attackers were killed in the hotel, while others escaped. At the same time Al Shabaab spokesperson in charge of operations said the attack targeted government officials and they did not kill any civilians. In February , Al Shabaab carried out similar styled attack on Hotel Central killing 25 people.
