The siege ended a few hours later on 28 March, after the National Intelligence and Security Agency's Gaashaan unit stormed the premises, recaptured it, and killed all five of the attackers.

[1] President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud ordered an investigation into the attack,[2] and the Ministry of Information announced that the federal government was slated to pass new laws to curb illicit firearms.

Somalia Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva, Switzerland, Yusuf Mohamed Ismail ("Bari-Bari"), was rushed to the hospital, and later died of the injuries he had sustained.

[1] The Information Minister suggested that Al-Shabaab had intended to hold up the Makka al-Mukarama hotel for days and kill many civilians as they had previously done at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi in 2013, but Somali government forces succeeded in stopping their plans.

[7] Al-Shabaab concurrently claimed responsibility for the raid, with the group's spokesman Sheikh Ali Mahamud Rage emailing that some militants had survived the attack and escaped the scene.

[9] President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud commended the security forces for their competence, described the attack as futile and spineless, and vowed to continue the ongoing reconstruction and development process unimpeded.

[11][5] U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf in turn applauded the Somali security forces for their rapid actions, and reaffirmed her administration's support for the Federal Government of Somalia's development initiatives.