Shabaab claims responsibility of hotel attack
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- The hotel - which hosts lodgings, bars, restaurants, and meeting halls - is frequented by among many others politicians and government officials.
Terror group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack on a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia.
The incident occurred at around 4:55 on Saturday afternoon at the entrance of Nasa Hablood Hotel.
The blast was followed by gunmen forcing their way into the establishment.
The hotel - which hosts lodgings, bars, restaurants, and meeting halls - is frequented by, among many others, politicians and government officials.
Somali government forces have sealed the area.
The last Al-Shabaab attack was on June 2016 at Ambassador Hotel, a short distance from Nasa Hablood Hotel, which killed left several dead.