{"id":54679,"date":"2019-07-13T13:41:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T13:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/13\/somali-forces-end-extremist-siege-of-kismayo-hotel-26-dead\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:48:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:48:48","slug":"somali-forces-end-extremist-siege-of-kismayo-hotel-26-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/07\/13\/somali-forces-end-extremist-siege-of-kismayo-hotel-26-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali forces end extremist siege of Kismayo hotel; 26 dead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MOGADISHU, Somalia \u2014 Somali forces Saturday morning ended an all-night siege on a hotel in the southern port city of Kismayo, in which the death toll has risen to 26 people, including a prominent Canadian-Somali journalist and several foreigners, officials say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those killed include three Kenyans, three Tanzanians, two Americans, one Canadian and one Briton, said Ahmed Madobe, the president of Jubbaland regional state which controls Kismayo. Fifty-six people, including two Chinese, were injured in the hotel attack, he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least four al-Shabab assailants attacked the Asasey Hotel Friday evening, beginning with a suicide car bomb at the entrance gate and followed by an assault in which gunmen stormed the hotel, which is frequented by politicians, patrons and lawmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\t