Somali authorities have regained control of Pearl Beach, a hotel in a working-class district of the capital. The attack began shortly before 20 p.m.
on Friday night when seven assailants stormed the hotel on Mogadishu's waterfront. Six civilians and three members of the security forces were killed and ten civilians injured. The last large-scale attack in the capital was in October 2022, when two car bombs exploded, killing 121 people. It comes as Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud has declared "all-out war" against al-Shabaab.