Al-Shabaab fighters still inside Mogadishu building after fierce firefight with security forces
At least eight civilians have been confirmed dead in an attack by Islamist militants on a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, an official said on Saturday, as security forces continued to battle gunmen holed up inside.stormed the popular Hayat Hotel on Friday evening in a hail of gunfire and bomb blasts.
The jihadist group, which has been waging a deadly insurgency against Somalia’s fragile central government for about 15 years, claimed responsibility. Witness Muudey Ali said: “We have been looking for a relative of mine who was trapped inside the hotel, she was confirmed dead together with six other people – two of them I know.”
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