2024 Mogadishu SYL Hotel attack and siege
| 2024 Mogadishu SYL Hotel attack and siege | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Somali Civil War | |
| Location | SYL Hotel, Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Date | 14 March 2024 |
| Target | Government officials |
Attack type | Bombing, siege, shootout |
| Deaths | 14 (including 6 perpetrators) |
| Injured | 27 |
| Perpetrators | Al-Shabaab |
On 14 March 2024, a suicide bomber affiliated with al-Shabaab detonated a device outside the SYL hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. Three guards and two security forces were reported killed. Five gunmen then stormed the hotel in a 13-hour siege, causing a gunfight with the army which resulted in the deaths of three soldiers and the six attackers. Twenty-seven other people were wounded. The hotel is located close to the Presidential Palace. The location makes it popular with government officials.