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2022 Hayat Hotel terror attack
Part of the Somali Civil War
Date19–21 August 2022
15:23 – after 48 hours (EAT +3)
TargetHotel Hayat
Attack type
Car bombing, mass shooting, suicide bombing
WeaponsCar bombs, guns
Deaths30 + perpetrators
Injured120
PerpetratorsAl-Shabaab
MotiveAct of terrorism

During the evening of 19 August 2022, al-Shabaab gunmen attacked the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. Initially, two car bombs exploded. Gunmen then stormed the hotel, shooting people and taking hostages. At least 21 people were killed, and 117 others were wounded, fifteen of whom are in critical condition. The number of gunmen involved in the attack is currently unknown.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ "Al-Shabaab: Islamists kill 12 in Somali hotel attack". BBC News. 20 August 2022. Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ^ Faruk, Omar (20 August 2022). "Gunmen storm hotel in Somali capital, leave 20 dead". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ^ Naruk, Omar (21 August 2022). "Somali forces end hotel attack that left 21 dead, 117 hurt". ABC News. Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  4. ^ "President Hassan Sheikh presides over a meeting with the National Security Committee". Somali National News Agency. 23 August 2022. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  5. ^ Dhaysane, Mohamed (24 August 2022). "Somalia's President Vows 'Total War' Against al-Shabab". Voice of America. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Pakistan strongly condemns terrorist attack on hotel in Mogadishu". www.radio.gov.pk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Terrorist Attack in Mogadishu". United States Department of State. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  8. ^ "No: 261, 20 August 2022, Press Release Regarding the Terrorist Attacks in Somalia / Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Foreign Affairs". www.mfa.gov.tr. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

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