Ambulances attend the site where a bomb exploded in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Sunday. Somali police say the al-Shabab jihadist group claims responsibility. Photo: AFP
Ambulances attend the site where a bomb exploded in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Sunday. Somali police say the al-Shabab jihadist group claims responsibility. Photo: AFP
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At least nine people dead after attack on Mogadishu hotel in Somalia

  • Police officer Ali Hassan said more than nine people, most of them civilians, were killed in the attack
  • Hassan said he suspected Islamist gunmen had stormed the hotel after the explosion

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Updated: 1:38am, 1 Feb, 2021

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Ambulances attend the site where a bomb exploded in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Sunday. Somali police say the al-Shabab jihadist group claims responsibility. Photo: AFP
Ambulances attend the site where a bomb exploded in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Sunday. Somali police say the al-Shabab jihadist group claims responsibility. Photo: AFP
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