Casualties Mount In Al-Shabaab Attack Against Popular Mogadishu Hotel
January 25 2017
Al-Shabaab militants have attacked a hotel in central Mogadishu, killing at least 15 people and wounded 51 others, say police, as reported by Al Jazeera (Qatar).
Attackers rammed a car loaded with explosives into the gate of the Dayah Hotel in the capital on Wednesday morning before storming inside.
A second car bomb was detonated after ambulances and journalists arrived at the scene. At least four reporters were injured, reported AFP.
Security forces eventually secured the...
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