actor1: Military Forces of Somalia (2012-2017)
actor2: Al Shabaab
notes: A vehicle loaded with explosives detonated between SYL Hotel and peace garden (Xamar Weyne District) in the night of 26/02 after NISA forces instructed the driver to stop at a checkpoint. After the explosion, gunmen tried to storm SYL hotel but they were stopped and killed by the hotel guards. Another car bomb exploded outside the nearby peace garden thirty minutes after the first explosion. Some of the Mogadishu families visits peace garden with their children on weekends. The attackers did not manage to enter SYL hotel due to the resistance of the hotel guards. Ministry of Internal Security released a statement and stated that five NISA personnel were killed in the first explosion. According to hospital sources, more than 15 civilians were killed in the attack and close to thirty others were injured. The security forces mentioned that the attackers were five in number, two drivers and three attackers. According to Police, the explosives were estimated to be 200kg, the biggest explosion Mogadishu experienced.
target_text: actor1: Military Forces of Somalia (2012-2017), actor2: Al Shabaab