2024 Mogadishu SYL Hotel attack and siege

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
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

^ "Al-Shabab attacks hotel in Somali capital". BBC News. 2024-03-14. Archived from the original on 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ "Three soldiers die in hotel attack in Somali capital: police". Reuters.
^ "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.
^ "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.

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[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.

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