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Hotel attack

Sexual assault, violence, truancy: Hotels hosting evacuees are a ticking time bomb of crime

Cases included indecent exposure, crimes against children, and rape amongst other violent incidents.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A room at the Casa Boutique Hotel.
WEST JERUSALEM’S hotels lean toward the higher end: David Citadel Hotel, near the Mamilla Mall.

Jerusalem hotel worker indicted for sexual offenses against guests

The suspect was identified as a male in his 40s who lived in central Israel.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Somali security officers are seen at a section of Hotel Hayat, the scene of an al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group militant attack in Mogadishu, Somalia August 20, 2022.

Somali forces end siege at Mogadishu hotel

The gunmen were holding an unknown number of hostages on the second floor of the building, Mohammed, an intelligence officer, said, preventing authorities from using heavy weapons.

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Security forces surround a luxury hotel in Mali's capital Bamako, after Islamist gunmen take 170 people hostage inside

Islamists attack luxury hotel in Mali capital, TV says commandos free 80 hostages

The raid targeted the Radisson Blu hotel, located just west of the city centre in a neighbourhood that is home to government ministries and diplomats.

|ByREUTERS

Iran arrests hotel staff after Saudis pilgrims poisoned

A total of 24 members of the Saudi group were admitted to hospital, of whom four had died.

JUNE 8, 2015
ByREUTERS
Iranian flag

At least 5 killed after Afghan guesthouse stormed by suspected Taliban gunmen

Earlier on Wednesday, gunmen opened fire at a meeting of prominent Muslim clerics in the southern province of Helmand, killing at least seven people

MAY 14, 2015
ByREUTERS
Afghan policeman stands guard at the site of an attack in Kabul