- Title: Survivors recount Somalia hotel attack as death toll rises to 39
- Date: 10th November 2018
- Summary: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (NOVEMBER 10, 2018) (REUTERS) WRECKAGE OF VEHICLE AT CAR BOMB SITE PEOPLE GATHERED NEAR WRECKAGE IN STREET WRECKAGE OF VEHICLE AT CAR BOMB SITE EXTERIOR OF KALKAAL SPECIALITY HOSPITAL HOSPITAL SIGN READING (English): "KALKAAL SPECIALITY HOSPITAL" NURSE ATTENDING TO A MAN WOUNDED BY THE BLAST, PATRICK MURIITHI BANDAGES ON MURIITHI'S LEG (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAN WOUNDED BY BLAST, PATRICK MURIITHI, SAYING: "I was cutting my hair, the guy was cutting my hair and then the first explosion happened and we all slipped down because it was very loud. Then after two minutes... in less than a minute the gunfire was too much gun shots. We all slipped down. When I stood up I wanted to slip down, that is when I was shot. The bullet passed through my leg and it hit another person. Then we all laid down until the gunfire stopped." NURSE ATTENDING TO MURIITHI (SOUNDBITE) (Somali) MAN WOUNDED BY BLAST, SAHAL ABDULKADIR, SAYING: "My friend and I were in a minibus going home near Banadir hospital. The car behind us hit Sahafi Hotel and exploded and I was wounded and ran from the scene. I was very shocked and lost consciousness and I woke up to find myself in this hospital." VARIOUS OF A PERSON WOUNDED IN THE BLAST BEING LOADED ONTO AN AMBULANCE (SOUNDBITE) (Somali) DIRECTOR OF KALKAAL SPECIALITY HOSPITAL, ABDULLAHI ABDIKARIM, SAYING: "We are very saddened about what happened yesterday. About forty people died and over one hundred people were injured as the medics reported. Here we admitted four people, two Kenyan and two Somalis and we operated on them and they will recover soon." MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (NOVEMBER 9, 2018) (REUTERS) DEBRIS IN STREET, SMOKE RISING IN DISTANCE, AUDIO OF CAR HORN MAN BEING CARRIED ON STRETCHER, AUDIO OF CAR HORN VARIOUS OF FLAMES RISING FROM DEBRIS NEAR A WALL VARIOUS OF BURNT OUT VEHICLE DEBRIS OF OVERTURNED CAR IN STREET, PEOPLE WALKING NEARBY
- Embargoed: 24th November 2018 12:59
- Keywords: Somalia attack Mogadishu hotel car bomb wounded in hospital death toll suicide attack
- Location: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
- City: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
- Country: Somalia
- Topics: Bombing (non-military),Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA00195X9JK7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The number of people killed when suicide bombers and gunmen struck a popular hotel in Somalia's capital has risen to 39 from the initial 22, police said on Saturday (November 10).
Guards at the Sahafi hotel and the adjacent CID office opened fire after two suicide car bombs went off on Friday (November 9) afternoon, A third explosion from a bomb placed in a three-wheeled "tuk-tuk" vehicle near the hotel also hit the busy street.
A number of wounded people were transferred to the city's Kalkaal Speciality Hospital to receive treatment. Patrick Muriithi described how he took cover when gunfire began before he was struck by a bullet which passed through his leg.
The hospital's director Abdullahi Abdikarim told Reuters that four people, including two Kenyans, had received treatment and were expected to recover.
The militant Islamist group al Shabaab, linked to al Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack on the Hotel Sahafi, which is near the headquarters of Somalia's Criminal Investigations Department (CID). - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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