50 militants killed in airstrikes in Somali after ending hotel siege

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Security forces in Somalia say they killed all six attackers who laid siege to a hotel in the central town of Beledweyne and later killed at least 50 al-Shabab militants in airstrikes.

Speaking to reporters, Beledweyne District Commissioner Omar Osman Alasow confirmed that the hotel siege ended early Wednesday.

?Our security forces successfully got rid of six militants who attacked a hotel where traditional elders and security officials were meeting,? he said.

Al-Shabab, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, claimed responsibility for the hotel attack on Tuesday.

Alasow said the government soldiers backed by African Union troops worked through the night to rescue elders, military officers and civilians trapped inside the hotel.

?During 18 hours of siege, our brave soldiers shot dead two militants, and four of them desperately blew themselves up when they realized that they could not escape,? he said. ?Seven other people, including government security officials and two prominent traditional elders, were killed.?