2023 Mogadishu hotel attack

2023 Mogadishu hotel attack
Part of the Somali Civil War
Lido Beach, Mogadishu class=notpageimage| Attack location
Location	Mogadishu, Somalia
Date	10 June 2023 (2023-06-10)
Target	Civilians
Attack type	Bombing, siege, shootout
Deaths	16 (including 7 perpetrators)
Injured	10
Perpetrators	Al-Shabaab

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]

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] By the end of the siege, 84 people were released.[4] All the attackers were shot dead by the security forces.[3]

See also

• 2023 timeline of the Somali Civil War
• January 2016 Mogadishu attack, also in Lido Beach
• April 2022 Mogadishu bombing, also in Lido Beach
• August 2024 Lido Beach attack

References

1. "Nine killed, 10 wounded in Somalia hotel siege: Police". Al Arabiya English. 10 June 2023. Archived from the original on 24 September 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.