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Violence in Somalia continues with Al-Shabaab’s latest strike in Mogadishu

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On Saturday, a massive attack rocked the capital of Somalia, killing 18 and wounding dozens. Beginning with a car bomb, witnesses said that gunfire could be heard from inside the Hotel Nasa-Hablod. According to Captain Mohamed Hussein during a phone interview with the Associated Press, the second blast was from a suicide attacker within the hotel and a third blast has been reported as well. The extremist group, Al-Shabaab, has claimed responsibility for the attack against the Nasa-Hablod hotel, a place frequented by Somali government officials and the Mogadishu elite.

By 9 pm local time on Saturday, Captain Hussein stated that the battle continues between Somali security forces and the extremists within the hotel though two members of Al-Shabaab are thought to have been killed in the ensuing gun battle.

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  • Micky M

    The mayhem seems to have no end in these country’s. Is it safe to assume that the money is seeing the hands of corruption just like it has in the past only into different pockets? It is a sad see such suffering of the innocent.

  • Old Crow

    In hindsight, the Dervish State should have been left alone.
    Now, just leave and let whatever happens happen.
    Monitor for containment, don’t go in District 9.