Mogadishu, Oct 29 (AFP) The death toll from a deadlyweekend attack on a hotel in Mogadishu has risen to 27, theSomali government said today, announcing the dismissal of thecountry's police and intelligence chiefs.
The move came after Al-Qaeda aligned Shabaab gunmenstaged coordinated bomb attacks outside a hotel in the northof the Somali capital yesterday before storming the building.
The latest toll was given by Security Minister MohamedAbukar Islow at a cabinet meeting at which ministers approvedthe dismissal of intelligence agency boss Abdillahi MohamedSanbalooshe and police chief Abdihakim Dahir Said.
The two were "fired for the purpose of seriousaccountability," said a statement read by Information MinisterAbdirahman Omar Osman after the meeting.
The sackings come two weeks after Somalia suffered itsdeadliest-ever terrorist attack in which at least 358 peoplewere killed in a huge truck bombing in Mogadishu.
Osman said five people had so far been arrested inconnection with the October 14 attack. (AFP)UZM.
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