[ 27 March 2015 19:23 ]



Baku – APA. At least seven people were killed on Friday when gunmen from the Islamist Al-Shabaab group stormed a popular hotel in the center of the Somali capital, police and the militants said, APA reported citing Reuters.

“We are behind the Hotel Maka Al-Mukaram attack and fighting is still going on inside the hotel,” Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, Al-Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, told Reuters.

 

Captain Ali Hussein, a police officer, said at least seven people had been killed and a dozen wounded in the attack. “Death toll is sure to rise,” he said.