15 KILLED IN AL-SHABAB’S MOGADISHU HOTEL RAID
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Al-Shabab Islamist militants have attacked, on Sunday 11/01/2015, a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, popular with Somalia’s members of parliament, killing at least 15 people. The Gunmen used two car bombs to blast their way into the Sahafi hotel compound before storming the building, police said ( see also – Mogadishu 07.16.12 ).
Victims included at least one MP and General Abdikarim Dhagabadan (pic), who led the 2011 offensive that drove al-Shabab out of Mogadishu. The general was, probably, the prime target of the bombings.
African Union troops and government forces say they have regained control of the hotel after a fierce gun battle.
A website associated with al-Shabab said it was responsible for the attack, which it said was carried out early in the morning to avoid civilian casualties.
The attack comes a day after deadly clashes between jihadist fighters and African Union (AU) troops in the Bakool region near the border with Ethiopia.
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