Somalia: Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for deadly attack on hotel in Mogadishu
Al Shabaab militants claimed responsibility Wednesday for a car bomb and shooting attack that left at least 6 dead at a hotel in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu.
Two members of parliament were among the dead, according to police Capt. Mohamed Hussein.
“We attacked the hotel with a car bomb and we went inside. We shall give details later,” Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, Al Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, told Reuters.
A bloodied body of a suspected extremist lay outside the hotel, which was surrounded by heavily armed soldiers. Witness Yasin Abdi said he saw security forces escorting some people from the three-story hotel.