The Organization of Islamic Countries and the United Nations have strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Somalia, while other countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United States, the United Kingdom and Egypt, have also condemned and expressed their solidarity with the people of Somalia.
21 people were killed in an attack on a hotel in Mogadishu.
According to Arab News, OIC Secretary General Hussain Braham strongly condemned the heinous terrorist attack and expressed his solidarity with the families of the victims and the people of Somalia.
He also reiterated OIC's principled stance against any form of terrorism. one more time
The attack has also been condemned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia.
In the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it has been said that the state has a strong position regarding the rejection of violence, extremism and any form of terrorism.
The statement also expressed sympathy with the Somali government and its people.
Similarly, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt has also expressed its solidarity with the people of Somaiya in this difficult time.
The statement rejected any form of violence, terrorism and extremism.
Also, the African Union Force (ATMS), tasked with taking over Somalia's security until 2024, also condemned the attack.
After the terrorists seized the hotel, the Somali army fought the terrorists for 30 hours.
Police said three attackers were killed and 106 people trapped in the hotel were evacuated.
Police Commissioner Abdi Hassan Muhammad Hajar said that children and women were among the people who were saved from the clutches of terrorists.
Al-Shabaab, an extremist group with close ties to al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Earlier also he has targeted such places where government officials keep coming and going.
Samira Gaed, director of a Mogadishu-based think tank, described the attack as a "message" to the new government and its foreign allies.
He says that it is clear from this attack that they are still there and can carry out such attacks.
One of the survivors of the attack, Adan Ali, who had come to the hotel to have tea, says that he heard a loud explosion and ran to one side to save his life.
Dozens of people ran away from the hotel with me, but when they came out, only eight children, the rest were probably hit by bullets.a
