Al-Shabaab launches fatal attack on Mogadishu hotel

At least 14 killed and nine wounded following suicide bombing and gun battle at the city’s Naasa Hablood hotel At least 14 people were killed when gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia’s capital and took an unknown number of hotel guests hostage, police and medical workers said on Saturday. Security forces then hunted down the attackers and ended the assault, which began with an explosives-laden vehicle blowing up at the hotel gate and lasted for hours. Continue reading...