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Al-Shabaab terror attack targets Mogadishu hotel frequented by Somali lawmakers, police say

Headline from KESQ Palm Springs

By Omar Nor, CNN The al Qaeda linked terror group al-Shabaab has carried out a suicide attack and stormed a central Mogadishu hotel frequented by Somalia’s ministers and members of parliament, Somali police said Sunday.

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Reports & sources

15 articles, oldest first.

  1. Al Jazeera

    ‘Explosion targets’ Mogadishu hotel used by Somali officials (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Suspected al-Shabaab fighters storm the Villa Rose hotel with explosives and guns, police say.

  2. New York Times

    Gunmen Storm Mogadishu Hotel, Trapping Government Officials (opens New York Times)

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    An extremist group, Al Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack at the hotel in the Somali capital. There were few immediate reports of casualties, but the siege was still underway.

  3. Digital Journal

    Al-Shabaab attacks hotel in Somali capital: police (opens Digital Journal)

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    Al-Shabaab militants attacked a hotel near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, police and witnesses said, with explosions

  4. Voice of America

    Al-Shabab Militants Storm Mogadishu Hotel (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Witnesses say they have seen special security forces moving into the area

  5. KESQ Palm Springs

    Al-Shabaab terror attack targets Mogadishu hotel frequented by Somali lawmakers, police say (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    By Omar Nor, CNN The al Qaeda linked terror group al-Shabaab has carried out a suicide attack and stormed a central Mogadishu hotel frequented by Somalia’s ministers and members of parliament, Somali police said Sunday.

  6. France 24

    Somali forces battle militants for hotel in Mogadishu: police (opens France 24)

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    Somalia's security forces exchanged gunfire with militants holed up in a hotel in Mogadishu on Monday after Al-Shabaab stormed the popular venue near the presidential palace and laid siege overnight.

  7. France 24

    Al Shabaab militants besiege hotel in Mogadishu; Somali parliament session postponed (opens France 24)

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    At least four people were killed in an ongoing attack by Al Shabaab militants who laid siege to a popular hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu overnight, a national security agency official told AFP…

  8. CBS News

    At least 4 reportedly killed as al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab militants storm hotel in Somalia's capital (opens CBS News)

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    "So far we have confirmed the death of four people," said one security official, adding that others had been rescued from the besieged hotel.

  9. Hot Air

    Police end al-Shabaab hotel siege in Mogadishu after 24 hours (opens Hot Air)

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    Somali forces have finally ended yet another long hotel siege in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, almost twenty four hours after it began. The siege, which was upon the Villa Rays Hotel just meters fro...

  10. Bloomberg

    Somali Forces Storm Hotel Held By Extremists, Free 60 People (opens Bloomberg)

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    Mogadishu, Somalia (AP) -- Somali forces on Monday stormed a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, where Islamic extremists had been holed up for more than 18 hours after killing eight civilians and trapping dozens in the building, officials said.

  11. The Guardian

    Somali forces free hotel from al-Shabaab militants, with at least nine dead (opens The Guardian)

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    Eight civilians and one soldier died in attack on Mogadishu hotel, with six Islamist terrorists also dead

  12. Voice of America

    Al-Shabab Militants Holed Up in Mogadishu Hotel (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Four people were killed in the hotel overnight

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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