So now we have a large hostage situation where those who have taken control of the hotel were heard to shout out in Arabic "God is great" and also speak in English, is this another target for Islamist terrorists where westerners are staying and is seen as a soft easy target?
Seems too well organised to be a smaller splinter group looking to show its strength in the current climate to gain greater credibility!
Also, all the local Nationals have been released, so for me it looks like the 130 other hostages have and are now being selected!
News just in that an Al-Qaeda-affiliated group have claimed responsibility for taking over the hotel and taking the hostages, unfortunately I can only see this ending with a large body count now.
Seems too well organised to be a smaller splinter group looking to show its strength in the current climate to gain greater credibility!
Also, all the local Nationals have been released, so for me it looks like the 130 other hostages have and are now being selected!
News just in that an Al-Qaeda-affiliated group have claimed responsibility for taking over the hotel and taking the hostages, unfortunately I can only see this ending with a large body count now.
