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Mogadishu: Attack in hotel kills 9

India Blooms News Service | | Feb 27, 2016, at 01:47 pm

#Somali blast #Mogadishu # Mogadishu blast # Mogadishu hotel attack # Somali militant attack # Somali Youth League # al-Shabab

Mogadishu, Feb 27 (IBNS) At least nine people were killed as four militants attacked a hotel in Somalia capital Mogadishu, media reports said.

Militants entered the Somali Youth League hotel and launched their attack.

Before entering the hotel. they had set off a car bomb outside it, reports said.

"An explosion also targeted a popular park known as the Peace Garden,"BBC reported.

All the militants have been killed.

Al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda affiliate, has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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