2023 Mogadishu hotel attack
# 2023 Mogadishu hotel attack

On 10 June 2023, al-Shabaab militants attacked a hotel in Lido Beach, Mogadishu, Somalia, resulting in the killing of six civilians, three soldiers and seven attackers.

## Background

Jihadist group al-Shabaab began an insurgency in 2006, trying to overthrow the internationally backed Somali government and impose a severe form of Sharia law. The Islamist group have carried out many attacks in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, targeting civilian buildings including hotels and restaurants as well as military and political targets.

## Attack

On the night of 9–10 June 2023, al-Shabaab attacked the popular, upmarket Pearl Beach hotel and restaurant in Mogadishu's Lido Beach. Seven gunmen attacked its restaurant after detonating a bomb there. They killed at least six civilians and three members of the security forces. Eighty four civilians were rescued following a siege. All the attackers were shot dead by the security forces.

