The soldiers, members of the Dutch Commando Corps, were in Indiana as part of a training exercise, the Dutch Ministry of Defense said in a news release.
Officers responded to a Hampton Inn shortly before 4 a.m. and found three men with gunshot wounds, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.
All three men were taken to a local hospital, with at least one of them in critical condition, authorities said.
"Preliminary information suggests a disturbance occurred between the victims and the suspect(s) which resulted in the shooting. Detectives do not believe this was a random act and that there is no immediate threat to the area," Indianapolis police said in a news release.
The shooting happened just outside the hotel where the soldiers were staying, and occurred during their off time, according to the Dutch Ministry of Defense release.
The Dutch soldiers had been training at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, a 1,000-acre complex southeast of Indianapolis that is being used for training by the Department of Defense "as well as other allies," the Indiana National Guard told CNN affiliate WISH in a statement.
The shooting is under investigation and authorities reported no arrests in connection with the incident.
CNN's Cara-Lynn Clarkson contributed to this report.
"Security forces have ended the siege now and the gunmen are dead," says a security official, after Al Shabab terrorists stormed Hayat Hotel, leaving some 20 people dead and sparking a 30-hour standoff with government forces.
The hotel has been destroyed following a bombardment by security forces to eliminate the assailants who were holed up there.
(Reuters)
Somalia's security forces have managed to end the Al Shabab terror group's siege at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu that lasted about 30 hours.
"The security forces have ended the siege now and the gunmen are dead, we've had no incoming gunfire from the building in the past hour," a security commander told the AFP news agency late on Saturday on condition of anonymity.
The official gave no information about the total number of casualties in the attack on the Hayat Hotel, or how many Al Shabab militants had been killed, adding that the government would give a press briefing about the bloody attack on Sunday morning.
The hotel has been destroyed following a bombardment by security forces to eliminate the assailants who were holed up there, but the official said the building needed to be cleared of any explosives that may have been planted.
Security forces struck the building with heavy weapons, witness Salaad Ali said earlier on Saturday.
"Part of the hotel is on fire, there were at least two heavy explosions and several other smaller scale ones," said Ali, who told the AFP news agency he watched the drama unfold from the rooftop of another building.
Scores of people were trapped when the assault began and although officials said dozens had been rescued, including children, it is not known how many remain inside.
Unverified pictures posted online showed security officials walking through piles of rubble, with reports of widespread damage to the hotel.
Popular venue with lawmakers
Al Shabab, which has been waging a deadly insurgency for 15 years against the fragile government in the Horn of Africa nation, has claimed responsibility.
Al Shabab spokesperson Abdiaziz Abu-Musab told the group's Andalus radio earlier on Saturday that its forces were still in control of the building and that they had "inflicted heavy casualties".
The attack was the biggest in Mogadishu since Somalia's new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took office in June after months of political instability.
The Hayat Hotel is a popular venue with lawmakers and other government officials. There was no immediate information on whether any of them had been caught up in the siege.
The director of Mogadishu's main trauma hospital, Mohamed Abdirahman Jama, said it was treating at least 40 people wounded in the hotel attack and a separate mortar strike on a seaside area, Hamar Jajab.
"Among those critically wounded are a newlywed bride and her groom and a family of three children, a mother and their father," Hamar Jajab district commissioner Mucawiye Muddey told AFP.
Decades of chaos
Somalia's allies including Türkiye, the US, Britain as well as the UN have strongly condemned the attack.
Al-Shabaab wavs driven out of Mogadishu in 2011 by AU forces, but still controls swathes of countryside and is able to launch deadly strikes on political, civilian and military targets, with hotels and restaurants often hit.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre appointed the group's former deputy leader and spokesperson, Muktar Robow, as religion minister.
Robow defected from Al Shabab in 2017, with the US government at one point offering a $5 million bounty for his capture.
Somalia has been mired in chaos since the fall of president Siad Barre's military regime in 1991, with civil war and the ascendancy of Al Shabab.
The deadliest attack occurred in October 2017 when a truck packed with explosives blew up in Mogadishu, killing 512 people.
Al Shabab militants stormed Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, injuring several other people, and security forces rescued many others, including children, from the scene of the attack.
Gunfire could still be heard in the hotel early Saturday as Somali security forces tried to contain the last gunmen, who were thought to be holed up in the building.
(Feisal Omar / Reuters)
At least 10 civilians have been confirmed dead in an attack by militants on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, an official said, as security forces continued to battle gunmen holed up inside.
Fighters from the Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabab group stormed the popular Hayat Hotel on Friday evening in a hail of gunfire and bomb blasts.
Sporadic gunfire and loud explosions could still be heard early Saturday, many hours after the start of the assault.
It is the biggest attack in Mogadishu since Somalia's new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, was elected in May after many months of political instability.
The terrorist group, which has been waging a deadly insurgency against Somalia's fragile central government for about 15 years, claimed responsibility.
Security challenge
Earlier this week, the United States announced that its forces had killed 13 Al Shabab militants in an air strike in the central-southern part of the country as the gunmen were attacking Somali forces.
The US has carried out several air raids on the group in strikes in recent weeks.
In recent weeks, Al Shabab militants have also waged attacks on the Somalia-Ethiopia border, raising concerns about a possible new strategy.
Armed attackers have taken control of a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu following two car bomb blasts and gunfire pic.twitter.com/dn4z4QADiJ
Al Shabab terrorists were driven out of the capital in 2011 by an African Union force, but the group still controls swathes of countryside and frequently strikes civilian and military targets.
Somalia's new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said last month that ending Al Shabab's insurgency required more than a military approach, but that his government would negotiate with the group only when the time is right.
Al Shabab militants were driven out of the capital in 2011 by an African Union force, but the group still controls swathes of countryside.
It continues to wage deadly strikes on civilian and military targets, with hotels a quite frequent target.
Al Shabab militants storm Hayat Hotel in Somali capital and continue to battle government soldiers, security officials say, leaving at least eight people dead.
Security forces patrol near the Hayat Hotel after an attack by Al Shabab in Somalia's Mogadishu.
(AFP)
At least eight people have been confirmed dead as security forces battled Al Shabab terrorists who stormed a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, a security commander said.
"The security forces continued to neutralise terrorists who have been cordoned inside a room in the hotel building, most of the people were rescued but at least eight civilians were confirmed dead so far," Mohamed Abdikadir said early on Saturday.
The assault on the Hayat Hotel on Friday triggered a fierce gunfight between security forces and the terrorists who are still holed up inside the building.
The Al Qaeda-linked group, which has led an insurrection against Somalia's central government for about 15 years, claimed responsibility.
Security challenge
Earlier this week, the United States announced that its forces had killed 13 Al Shabab militants in an air strike in the central-southern part of the country as the gunmen were attacking Somali forces.
The US has carried out several air raids on the group in strikes in recent weeks.
In recent weeks, Al Shabab militants have also waged attacks on the Somalia-Ethiopia border, raising concerns about a possible new strategy.
Al Shabab terrorists were driven out of the capital in 2011 by an African Union force, but the group still controls swathes of countryside and frequently strikes civilian and military targets.
Somalia's new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said last month that ending Al-Shabab's insurgency required more than a military approach, but that his government would negotiate with the group only when the time is right.
Al Shabab militants were driven out of the capital in 2011 by an African Union force, but the group still controls swathes of countryside.
It continues to wage deadly strikes on civilian and military targets, with hotels a quite frequent target.
New York City will be converting a famed luxury hotel into a shelter for homeless people and migrants seeking asylum in the U.S., according to a Tuesday report.
The hotel, Row NYC, sits right in Times Square and will have an undisclosed number of floors devoted to the shelter, according to the New York Post. Staffers at the hotel say negotiations are ongoing, but the refit is likely to be done within the next two months.
The city government has leased out nearly a dozen hotels to house the homeless population across the city. Row NYC, which was formerly known as Milford Plaza, is by far the most luxurious of the contracted buildings, however.
New York City has struggled for more than a year under a severe homeless crisis, which migrant bussing has only exacerbated.
New York's Milford Plaza Hotel, which has now been renamed to Row NYC. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
Democratic NYC Mayor Eric Adams has blasted Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for the bussing program, which has seen Texas send dozens of busses full of migrants to Washington, D.C. and NYC. Abbott argues the policies of those in power in DC and New York are responsible for the ongoing border crisis.
"I already called all my friends in Texas and told them how to cast their votes," Adams said during a press conference last week. "And I am deeply contemplating taking a busload of New Yorkers to go to Texas and do some good old-fashioned door knocking because we have to, for the good of America, we have to get him out of office."
Abbott argues that NYC, a proud sanctuary city, should be capable of housing the border-crossers.
"In addition to Washington, D.C., New York City is the ideal destination for these migrants, who can receive the abundance of city services and housing that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about within the sanctuary city," Abbott said in a statement on Friday.
"I hope he follows through on his promise of welcoming all migrants with open arms so that our overrun and overwhelmed border towns can find relief," he added.
