Somali al-Shabab militants storm Qahira Hotel in Beledweyne happymamay

Police and witnesses said that the armed Islamists stormed a hotel in the city of Bilwin in central Somalia, and the siege continued.

The attack, launched by the young man, began with a car, followed by gunmen entering the hotel, which led to severe clashes with the security forces.

The police said that at least four people were killed, but witnesses told the BBC that the death toll had risen to 10, as the security forces are still fighting the militants at the Kahira Hotel.

A young man, who belongs to al -Qaeda, was launching a brutal rebellion in Somalia for more than two decades.

A raid on the hotel, where politicians, security officials and traditional elderly were gathering to discuss attack plans against the group in central Somalia.

Beledweyne is about 335 km (208 miles) north of the capital, Mogadishu, a strategic location in the campaign against young people.

Police officer, Ali Muhd, said that many of the attendees had been rescued, according to reports of the news agency.

“The security forces are treating many militants who are besieged in one part of the building,” he said.

Perion’s deputy maker, Daher Amin Jiso, told the BBC that nearly seven gunmen were at the hotel.

“It will be necessary to bring forces with heavy weapons to neutralize the situation,” he said.

Parts of the hotel were reduced to the rubble where government forces and gunmen exchanged fire, the store owner Ali Suleiman, who witnessed the attack, told Reuters.

“We first heard a big explosion followed by the shooting, then he heard another explosion,” he said.

The number of people who were injured, but the legislator said they are trying to organize aircraft to fly the victims to Mogadishu for treatment.