section_path: Background/Beledweyne hotel attack and siege
section_name: Beledweyne hotel attack and siege
paragraph_text: Beledweyne hotel attack and siege
  
  On 11 March 2025, six al-Shabaab attackers stormed the Cairo Hotel in Beledweyne, detonating a suicide car bomb and launching a 24-hour siege. The hotel was hosting clan elders and military officials coordinating Shabelle offensives. More than 21 people were killed, including all six attackers and two traditional elders, while dozens were injured.