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Death toll from Somalia hotel attack climbs to 21: Health minister

AP , Sunday 21 Aug 2022

The number of civilians killed in a 30-hour siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has climbed to 21, Health Minister Ali Haji Adan said Sunday.

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The wreckage of a vehicle is seen at the scene, after gunmen stormed a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. AP

 

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"The ministry of health has so far confirmed the deaths of 21 people and 117 people wounded" in the gun and bomb attack by the Al-Qaeda-linked group that began on Friday evening and lasted over a day, he said.

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