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Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 18:32
Somalia executes 3 over deadly 2017 hotel attack
By Associated Press
Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 18:32 By Associated Press

In this Oct 28, 2017 photo, Somalis carry away a man injured after a car bomb was detonated in Mogadishu, Somalia. (FARAH ABDI WARSAMEH / AP)

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's military says it executed three men convicted of carrying out a deadly attack on a hotel in the capital in 2017.

A statement issued by the military said the three were shot dead by a firing squad at a police academy in Mogadishu Wednesday.

The men were convicted of participating in an assault on Nasa-Hablod hotel which killed 18 people and wounded 47 others in October, 2017.

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The three were members of Somalia's al-Shabab Islamic extremist rebels and were arrested during the attack on the hotel.

Somalia's homegrown extremist group, al-Shabab, is allied to al-Qaida. The rebels were pushed out of the capital, several years ago, but they continue to operate in the countryside and frequently carry out violence attacks on hotels in Mogadishu.

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