The Somali police said that 9 people died in an attack by an armed group of Al-Shabaab on the Pearl Beach hotel in Lido beach.
In an official statement from the police command, it was said that the dead are 6 civilians and three soldiers.
The police also said that ten people were injured in the attack. They also said that they rescued 84 civilians, who were trapped in the attacked hotel.
The police report said that the operation has ended and the government has thwarted Al-Shabaab’s plan to kill many people.