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| Gunmen storm hotel in Somali capital after suicide bomber blast – police | Gunmen storm hotel in Somali capital after suicide bomber blast – police |
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| An Al-Shabaab Islamist group suicide bomber carried out an attack on a hotel in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, which was followed by militant fighters storming the building, a police official said | An Al-Shabaab Islamist group suicide bomber carried out an attack on a hotel in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, which was followed by militant fighters storming the building, a police official said |
| The Nasahablood Hotel, located at the KM4 road area of Mogadishu is currently under siege, according to police. | |
| There have yet been no official report on casualties, but witnesses claim on social media they’ve seen bodies lying on the ground. | |
| "They started with a suicide bomb and then stormed in. Now they are inside and the heavy exchange of gunfire continues," Major Nur Farah told Reuters. | |
| There have been reports suggesting the initial explosion was followed by at least two more. | |
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