A car bomb, gun battle and hostage situation left 17 people dead in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The terror group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack on the hotel used by government officials.
A suicide car bomb and a multi-hour standoff between security forces and al-Shabab militants at a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, ended in a bloodbath that left at least 17 people dead on Saturday.
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