2023 Mogadishu hotel attack

On 10 June 2023, al-Shabaab militants attacked a hotel in Lido Beach, Mogadishu, Somalia, resulting in the killing of six civilians, three soldiers and seven attackers.[1][2][3]

2023 Mogadishu hotel attack
Part of the Somali Civil War
Attack location
LocationMogadishu, Somalia
Date10 June 2023 (2023-06-10)
TargetCivilians
Attack type
Bombing, siege, shootout
Deaths16 (including 7 perpetrators)
Injured10
PerpetratorsAl-Shabaab

Background
See also: Timeline of al-Shabaab-related events

Jihadist group al-Shabaab began an insurgency in 2006, trying to overthrow the internationally backed Somali government and impose a severe form of Sharia law.[3] The Islamist group have carried out many attacks in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, targeting civilian buildings including hotels and restaurants as well as military and political targets.[3]

Attack

On the night of 9–10 June 2023, al-Shabaab attacked the popular, upmarket Pearl Beach hotel and restaurant in Mogadishu's Lido Beach.[3] Seven gunmen attacked its restaurant after detonating a bomb there.[3] They killed at least six civilians and three members of the security forces.[3] Eighty four civilians were rescued following a siege.[4] All the attackers were shot dead by the security forces.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Nine killed, 10 wounded in Somalia hotel siege: Police". Al Arabiya English. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. "Pearl Beach hotel: Islamists kill nine in Somalia attack". BBC News. 10 June 2023. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  3. "Several killed in hotel siege in Somalia's Mogadishu". Al Jazeera. 9 June 2023. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  4. "Nine people killed in attack by al-Shabaab in Somali capital Mogadishu". The Guardian. 10 June 2023. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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