2014 Hotel Amalo attack

Terrorist incident in Somalia 2014 Hotel Amalo attack Buloburde, Somalia Somali Civil War (2009–present) 18 March 2014 ~02:00–07:00 UTC+03:00 Suicide car bombing, shooting 27+ On 18 March 2014, a car loaded with explosives detonated outside the Hotel Amalo in Buloburde, Somalia, which was used by African Union and Somali troops who had captured the town from Al-Shabaab a week earlier. Gunfire was reported to have followed for five hours, the car bombing having occurred around 02:00 local time (23:00 UTC).Somalia's al-Shabab attacks army hotel in Bulo-burde https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26626335 BBC News 18 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212420/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26626335 4 March 2016 liveAl-Shabaab's Deadly night raid in Bula-burde leaves dozens dead http://harar24.com/?p=12501 Harar24 18 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160424135738/http://harar24.com/?p=12501 24 April 2016 dead At least 27 people were killed in the attack.Nina Selbo Torset PST har ventet på FBI. Nå er konklusjonen i Westgate-saken klar. http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/PST-har-ventet-pa-FBI-Na-er-konklusjonen-i-Westgate-saken-klar-8149381.html Aftenposten 3 September 2015 Norwegian https://web.archive.org/web/20160409063850/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/PST-har-ventet-pa-FBI-Na-er-konklusjonen-i-Westgate-saken-klar-8149381.html 9 April 2016 dead Overview The town of Buloburde had been controlled by Al-Shabaab for five years, until being captured by African Union and Somali forces around a week prior to the attack. After the car bombing at the hotel, the town was stormed by Al-Shabaab-fighters, attacking high-ranking mainly Djiboutian and Somali officers. Initial claims by Al-Shabaab said that over thirty soldiers had been killed and more than eighty injured, while Somali officials reported six to twelve to have been killed and twenty injured. Four Al-Shabaab militants were reportedly among the dead.Nour Geidi Somalia hotel bombing death toll rises to 11 http://www.turkishpress.com/news/395628/ TurkishPress 18 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160424205807/http://www.turkishpress.com/news/395628/ 24 April 2016 dead According to a later report citing the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) in September 2015, at least 27 people were killed in the attack. The suicide bomber was identified as 60-year-old Burhan Ahmed Abdule, who had lived in Halden, Norway since 2005 as a respected family man and immigrant role model, as well as Labour Party-supporter who was once photographed as part of an immigrant delegation who met Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in the Norwegian parliament.Her er Norges første selvmordsbomber http://www.nrk.no/norge/norges-forste-selvmordsbomber-1.11947949 Christine Svendsen Abdifitah farayare Gelle NRK 25 September 2014 Norwegian https://web.archive.org/web/20230411194319/https://www.nrk.no/norge/norges-forste-selvmordsbomber-1.11947949 11 April 2023 liveNorsk-somalisk selvmordsbomber møtte Stoltenberg http://www.dagen.no/Nyheter/25/09/2014/Norsk-somalisk_selvmordsbomber_m%C3%B8tte_Stoltenberg-117986 Nils Inge Kruhaug Dagen NTB 25 September 2014 Norwegian https://web.archive.org/web/20160506083512/http://www.dagen.no/Nyheter/25/09/2014/Norsk-somalisk_selvmordsbomber_m%C3%B8tte_Stoltenberg-117986 6 May 2016 deadHalden was home to suicide bomber http://www.newsinenglish.no/2014/09/25/halden-was-home-to-suicide-bomber/ Nina Berglund NewsInEnglish.no 25 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160414032216/http://www.newsinenglish.no/2014/09/25/halden-was-home-to-suicide-bomber/ 14 April 2016 liveAl-Shabaab praises 60-year old Norwegian fighter who stormed AMISOM base in Bulo-burde http://harar24.com/?p=12509 Harar24 19 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160424133348/http://harar24.com/?p=12509 24 April 2016 dead In September 2014, the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) concluded that Abdule took part in the attack, making him the first known suicide bomber with ties to Norway (he has later been followed by others). In a pre-attack interview published by Al-Shabaab, Abdule states to have been a member of the Al-Qaida-affiliated Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (AIAI) group for thirteen years prior to joining its successor Al-Shabaab in 2006. See also 2014 timeline of the War in Somalia Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow References Somalia Category:2014 murders in Somalia Category:Al-Shabaab (militant group) attacks Category:Suicide bombings in 2014 Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Somalia Category:Car and truck bombings in 2014 Category:Hotel bombings in Somalia Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2014 Category:March 2014 crimes in Africa Category:2014 building bombings Category:2014 mass murders Category:Somali Civil War (2009–present) Category:21st-century mass murders in Somalia Category:Terrorist incidents in Somalia in 2014 Category:Foreign relations of the African Union Category:2014 in international relations