Kushone okungenani abantu abayisishiyagalolunye eMogadishu Afrik Hotel

Amaphoyisa aseMogadishu amemezele ukuthi iqembu elihlomile laseSomalia i-al-Shabab lihlasele ngebhomu emotweni ngeSonto ehhotela elisenhlokodolobha yaseSomalia, iMogadishu, kwashona okungenani abantu abayisishiyagalolunye.

Ngokwemibiko yakamuva, kushone okungenani abantu abayisishiyagalolunye okubandakanya nabahlaseli abane kwalimala abantu abangaphezu kwabayishumi.

UNdunankulu u-Mohamed Hussein Roble esitatimendeni uthe phakathi kwalabo ababulewe kukhona nowayengumphathi wamasosha, u-Mohamed Nur Galal.

“Ngiyakugxeka ukuhlaselwa ngonya. Kwangathi u-Allah angaba nomusa kubo bonke labo abashonile. UGeneral Mohamed Nur Galal, uzokhunjulwa ngeqhaza lakhe elingaphezu kweminyaka engama-50 ekuvikeleni izwe, ”kusho uNdunankulu.

Imoto ebithwele iziqhumane iphaphalaze yangena esangweni lokungena e-Afrik Hotel, ngasemgwaqweni u-K-4 waseMogadishu, yaqhuma, kusho okhulumela amaphoyisa uSadiq Adan Ali ukuqinisekisile phambilini.

Oshayasibhamu abaningi babe sebengena ngokushesha ehhotela, bavulela ngenhlamvu kubasebenzi nakubantu abebengaphakathi, kusho yena.

Amabutho kahulumeni aphendule kulokhu kuhlasela kwazwakala nezibhamu ziqhamuka ehhotela. Amaphoyisa ahlenge abantu abaningi kuleli hhotela, okubalwa kubo umnikazi walo nomphathi wamasosha.

I-Al-Shabab, okuyiqembu elihlomile elixhumene ne-al-Qaeda elifuna ukuketula uhulumeni wezwe osekelwa umhlaba wonke, lithi yilo elenza lokhu kuhlasela ngomsakazo walo i-Andalus.

I-Al-Shabab ivamise ukwenza amabhomu empini yayo ebhekene nohulumeni waseSomalia, osekelwa ngamasosha okugcina ukuthula e-United Nations kanye ne-African Union (AU).