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Somali forces end siege at Mogadishu hotel
The gunmen were holding an unknown number of hostages on the second floor of the building, Mohammed, an intelligence officer, said, preventing authorities from using heavy weapons.
Somali security officers are seen at a section of Hotel Hayat, the scene of an al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group militant attack in Mogadishu, Somalia August 20, 2022.
(photo credit:
REUTERS/FEISAL OMAR
)
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REUTERS
AUGUST 20, 2022 09:04
Updated:
AUGUST 21, 2022 01:52
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