Security forces in Somalia say they killed all six attackers who laid siege to a hotel in the central town of Beledweyne and later killed at least 50 al-Shabab militants in airstrikes. Speaking to reporters, Beledweyne District Commissioner Omar Osman Alasow confirmed that the hotel siege ended early Wednesday.

Mogadishu: The Somali army announced on Friday that it had killed 41 members of the Al Qaeda affiliated Al Shabaab insurgent movement in the Lower

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali security forces on Wednesday ended a 24-hour siege at a hotel in the central city of Beledwyne, leaving an unknown number of people dead, including all the al-Shabab militants who launched the attack, officials said.

Al Shabaab militants attacked a hotel in Beledweyne, central Somalia, targeting a meeting of elders and government officials. At least seven people were killed, though the militant group claimed over ten fatalities.

Somali security forces have ended a 24-hour siege at a hotel in the central city of Beledwyne, leaving an unknown number of people dead, including all the al-Shabab militants who launched the attack, officials said.