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| Somalia deadly attack: Gunmen storm Mogadishu hotel after blast | Somalia deadly attack: Gunmen storm Mogadishu hotel after blast |
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| Gunmen have stormed a hotel in the centre of the Somali capital Mogadishu, with reports of at least 10 dead. | Gunmen have stormed a hotel in the centre of the Somali capital Mogadishu, with reports of at least 10 dead. |
| They entered the Ambassador Hotel on Maka al-Mukarama street after setting off a car bomb at the gates outside, witnesses said. | They entered the Ambassador Hotel on Maka al-Mukarama street after setting off a car bomb at the gates outside, witnesses said. |
| Politicians and government officials were believed to be staying in the hotel. | Politicians and government officials were believed to be staying in the hotel. |
| The al-Shabab militant group was quick to say it was behind the attack, which intelligence officials say is now over. | The al-Shabab militant group was quick to say it was behind the attack, which intelligence officials say is now over. |
| The BBC's Somali Service reporter Ibrahim Aden in Mogadishu says the explosion is one of the largest to hit the city and the scale of destruction is enormous. | The BBC's Somali Service reporter Ibrahim Aden in Mogadishu says the explosion is one of the largest to hit the city and the scale of destruction is enormous. |
| The head of the city's Amiin ambulance service has told the BBC the main Medina hospital is overcrowded. | The head of the city's Amiin ambulance service has told the BBC the main Medina hospital is overcrowded. |
| Our reporter says there are reports that about 40 people have been wounded. | |
| Al-Shabab, which is battling the UN-backed government, was driven from Mogadishu in 2011 but still remains a potent threat and frequently carries out attacks in the city. | Al-Shabab, which is battling the UN-backed government, was driven from Mogadishu in 2011 but still remains a potent threat and frequently carries out attacks in the city. |
| The government, with the help of African Union forces, is fighting the al-Qaeda-linked group to regain control of the country. | The government, with the help of African Union forces, is fighting the al-Qaeda-linked group to regain control of the country. |
| Earlier on Wednesday, the government announced it had killed Mohamed Kuno, the al-Shabab militant who led the attack on Garissa University in Kenya in April 2015 that killed 148 people. | |
| He was one of 16 al-Shabab militants - four of them senior leaders - killed in an overnight raid on their convoy in Kismayo, a port city in southern Somalia. |