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.
“We have confirmed so far 21 dead people and 117 others injured,” Ali Haji, Somalia’s minister of health, told national broadcaster SNTV. “It is possible there were corpses that were not taken to hospitals but buried by relatives. The death toll and the casualties are based on the figure taken to hospitals.”…