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| Kismayo attack: Several dead as gunmen storm Somali hotel | Kismayo attack: Several dead as gunmen storm Somali hotel |
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| At least seven people have been killed in an attack on a hotel in southern Somalia, officials and survivors say. | At least seven people have been killed in an attack on a hotel in southern Somalia, officials and survivors say. |
| They say a suicide bomber rammed a car with explosives into the Asasey hotel in the port of Kismayo, and gunmen then stormed the building. | They say a suicide bomber rammed a car with explosives into the Asasey hotel in the port of Kismayo, and gunmen then stormed the building. |
| Regional politicians and clan elders were inside the hotel. Among those killed were popular TV journalist Hodan Nalayeh and her husband, reports say. | |
| The Islamist group Al Shabab later said it carried out Friday's attack. | The Islamist group Al Shabab later said it carried out Friday's attack. |
| Gunfire was heard inside the hotel soon after the car bomb went off. | Gunfire was heard inside the hotel soon after the car bomb went off. |
| It was not immediately clear whether the attackers were still in the building. | It was not immediately clear whether the attackers were still in the building. |
| Security official Abdi Dhuhul told AFP that a former local administration minister and a lawmaker were among the dead. | Security official Abdi Dhuhul told AFP that a former local administration minister and a lawmaker were among the dead. |
| Local media outlets and a Somali journalists association said that Hodan Naleyeh - a Canadian-Somali who had reportedly recently returned to the country - and her husband Farid were among those killed in the attack. | Local media outlets and a Somali journalists association said that Hodan Naleyeh - a Canadian-Somali who had reportedly recently returned to the country - and her husband Farid were among those killed in the attack. |
| Hodan Nalayeh had set up a popular online TV channel covering Somalia as well as life in the Somali diaspora. | |
| The Somali Journalists Syndicate said that Nalayeh and another reporter also killed in Kismayo, Mohamed Omar Sahal, were the first journalists to be killed in the country this year. | The Somali Journalists Syndicate said that Nalayeh and another reporter also killed in Kismayo, Mohamed Omar Sahal, were the first journalists to be killed in the country this year. |
| Al Shabab was driven out of Kismayo in 2012, and the port has been relatively peaceful in recent years - unlike many other places in southern and central Somalia. | Al Shabab was driven out of Kismayo in 2012, and the port has been relatively peaceful in recent years - unlike many other places in southern and central Somalia. |
| The militants have been carrying out more frequent attacks in the capital Mogadishu, despite the heavy presence of African Union peacekeepers and US-trained Somali troops. | The militants have been carrying out more frequent attacks in the capital Mogadishu, despite the heavy presence of African Union peacekeepers and US-trained Somali troops. |