People are seen next to buildings damaged at the scene where a suicide car bomb exploded targeting a Mogadishu hotel
REUTERS
Michael Howie1 March 2019
At least 29 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu.
The Islamist militant group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for blast at the Maka Al-Mukarama hotel last night.
Police today said around 80 were wounded, as a gun battle raged between militants and Somali troops.
“The militants are still fighting from inside a civilian house adjacent to the hotel... The death toll may rise,” police Major Musa Ali said.
Hospitals were said to be struggling to cope with the causalities.
Government officials frequently visit the hotel.
