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| Somalia hotels attacked by militants in Mogadishu | Somalia hotels attacked by militants in Mogadishu |
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| Two hotels have been attacked in the Somali capital Mogadishu, followed by a sustained exchange of gunfire. | |
| A police officer said four people had been killed. | A police officer said four people had been killed. |
| The BBC's Moalimu Mohammed, in the city, says the two hotels were busy with people breaking their Ramadan fast when they were attacked at 18:10 local time (15:10 GMT). | |
| Islamist militant group al-Shabab has reportedly said it was behind the attack. | Islamist militant group al-Shabab has reportedly said it was behind the attack. |
| Our reporter says the two hotels - the Wehliya and Siyaad - are among the best known in the city. | |
| The Siyaad is near the presidential palace. Mogadishu's main street has been partially closed. | |
| "Car bombs rammed into the hotels named Wehliya and Siyaad. Then our fighters stormed in," an al-Shabab spokesman told Reuters. | |
| There was also a mortar attack on a base of the African Union (AU) force in the city at the same time. | |
| The AU is helping the government battle al-Shabab, which is part of al-Qaeda. | |
| Security in Somalia has improved but al-Shabab still attacks Mogadishu regularly. |