索馬里酒店襲擊至少10人喪生大綱

Witnesses in Somalia's capital say at least 10 people were killed and more than 15 others wounded when militants attacked a major hotel Wednesday.

A Somali lawmaker told VOA that two parliamentarians were killed during the attack. He said a third lawmaker was injured.

One of the lawmakers at the hotel described the attack, saying: "As I was sleeping in my hotel room, I was shocked by a huge explosion. A flying door and window fell on me. I ran toward the back door of the hotel and managed to survive," he said.

A freelance journalist working for VOA reported seeing five dead bodies lying in front of the hotel.

Most of the casualties were reported to be caused by a car bomb that detonated while many people were performing evening prayers.

The assault on Mogadishu's Ambassador Hotel came hours after Somali officials said a top commander of militant group al-Shabab was killed in a late-night military operation.

Mohamed Mohamud allegedly masterminded the April 2015 attack on Kenya's Garissa University College that left 148 people dead, nearly all of them students.索馬里首都的目擊者說，武裝分子星期三襲擊當地一家大酒店，至少10人喪生，超過15人受傷。

索馬里一名議員告訴美國之音說，兩名國會議員在襲擊中喪生，還有一名議員受傷。

當時在酒店的一名議員描述襲擊的情景時說：“我正在房間裏睡覺，被巨大的爆炸聲震醒。飛來的一扇門和窗砸到我身上，我從酒店後門跑出來，死裏逃生。”

一名爲美國之音工作的自由撰稿人報道說，他看到酒店門前躺着5具屍體。

據報大多數傷亡是由一輛裝滿炸藥的汽車在很多人進行晚間祈禱時引爆造成的。

對摩加迪沙“大使酒店”的突襲發生幾小時前，索馬里官員表示，激進組織青年黨的一位最高指揮官在一次深夜軍事行動中被擊斃。

這名青年黨頭目穆罕默德·馬哈茂德涉嫌策劃了2015年4月在肯尼亞的加里薩大學學院的襲擊行動。那次襲擊導致148人喪生，幾乎全部是學生。