Somalia Terrorist Hotel Siege Ends; at Least 21 Dead, Many Hostages Freed

A Somali security officer walks past a section of Hotel Hayat, the scene of an al-Qaeda-linked al Shabaab terrorist attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Aug. 20, 2022. Feisal Omar/Reuters

MOGADISHU, Somalia—Somali security forces have brought an end to a deadly terrorist siege at a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, that left at least 21 dead and dozens of hostages freed, authorities said on Aug. 21.

Elite armed forces in the Horn of Africa nation battled al-Qaeda-linked terrorists for 30 hours after the terrorists blasted and shot their way into the Hayat Hotel on Aug. 19.