“We are appalled by this reprehensible and senseless attack on a venue frequented by innocent civilians, and condemn it in the strongest terms,” the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, James Swan, said.
According to reports, Al-Shabaab terrorists attacked the Hotel Afrik in Mogadishu on Sunday afternoon, and engaged in an hours-long siege before being dislodged by the Somali security forces.
The United Nations in Somalia expresses its condolences to the families of the victims, and wishes a speedy recovery to the injured.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).