The attackers shot and killed civilians who fled in direction of the wall of the resort compound and its blown-up gate after they struck, Ahmed mentioned, including that they killed 10 safety personnel with firearms and grenades.
Aden Ali, a survivor, advised Reuters that he was ingesting a cup of tea on the resort when he heard the primary blast. He ran in direction of the compound wall with others because the militants fired at them.
“We have been many on the run, over a dozen. After I went out of the resort, I might see eight of us. Perhaps the remaining died within the capturing,” Ali mentioned.
One other group of individuals within the resort fled to an higher flooring, the place they have been killed by the militants who first blew up the steps to stop escape, Ali mentioned.
Safety forces managed to free a few of those that locked themselves of their rooms within the higher flooring after a number of hours, he mentioned.
Some 106 individuals have been freed, together with ladies and kids, a senior police commander mentioned. There was no instant data on the variety of assailants concerned within the assault.
Residents have been milling across the bombed out resort on Sunday, though one other official had earlier advised Reuters that mop-up operations have been nonetheless happening on the constructing, which suffered intensive injury.
“We’re nonetheless investigating the explosions of many plastic luggage which were scattered across the resort,” mentioned Mohamed Ali, a navy officer on the scene.
Reuters
