{"id":35162,"date":"2017-06-15T14:48:46","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T14:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/al-shabaab-claims-mogadishu-hotel-attacks\/"},"modified":"2017-06-15T14:48:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T14:48:32","slug":"al-shabaab-claims-mogadishu-hotel-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/al-shabaab-claims-mogadishu-hotel-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Shabaab claims Mogadishu hotel attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the combined attack on Mogadishu restaurants that claimed at least 18 lives on Wednesday evening.}<\/p>\n<p>Al-Andalus, a broadcaster run by the jihadist group, made the announcement soon after the twin attacks on Pizza House and Posh Treats.<\/p>\n<p>{{Explosives }}<\/p>\n<p>The attack began when a car packed with explosives was rammed against the entrance to the popular Pizza House before several gunmen forced their way in while firing shots.<\/p>\n<p>It happened as customers were having the Iftar, meals to break their day-long fast in the holy month of Ramadhan.<\/p>\n<p>Adult Muslims refrain from partaking food and drinks from dawn to dusk during Ramadhan.<\/p>\n<p>A special anti-terrorist security unit, the Gashaan, arrived at the scene soon after and countered the attackers, whose number was not clear.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of people were evacuated from Pizza House and Posh Treats restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>Posh Treats suffered extensive damage and loss of lives, but it was Pizza House that bore the brunt of the twin attacks.<\/p>\n<p>{{4 fighters}} <\/p>\n<p>Police officers from Hodon District, where the attack took place, said the Gashaan exchanged fire with the Al-Shabaab fighters inside Pizza House for several hours till 6:30am on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The scene of the attack was later cordoned off by security forces, with only ambulances allowed entry to evacuate the wounded people and remove dead bodies.<\/p>\n<p>Internal Security ministry spokesman Mohamed Ahmed told the media on Thursday that 18 civilians and four of armed assailants died.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of Ramadhan, the Somali government has been keeping a tight security campaign involving more than 5,000 soldiers, police and other agents in Mogadishu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight\u2019s assault indicates that the government\u2019s promised stabilisation campaign has failed,\u201d boasted the al-Andalus Radio.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-20816 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/mogas.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteers carry a stretcher with a body bag from the site of an attack at the Pizza House restaurant in Mogadishu on June 15, 2017.\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Source:AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the combined attack on Mogadishu restaurants that claimed at least 18 lives on Wednesday evening.} Al-Andalus, a broadcaster run by the jihadist group, made the announcement soon after the twin attacks on Pizza House and Posh Treats. {{Explosives }} The attack began when a car packed with explosives was rammed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[100],"byline":[228],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-35162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-africa","byline-afp"],"bylines":[{"id":228,"name":"AFP","slug":"afp","description":"Agence France-Presse is an international news agency headquartered in Paris. 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