Somali forces battle to end deadly hotel siege in Mogadishu

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At least 12 people are believed to have been killed during an attack by Islamist militants on a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, an official said on Saturday, as security forces continued to battle gunmen holed up inside. 

Fighters from al-Shabaab, a group linked to al-Qaida, stormed the popular Hayat hotel on Friday evening in a hail of gunfire and bomb blasts. The sound of gunshots still crackled across the capital in the early hours of Saturday morning as security forces battled to end the siege

Several killed as jihadist group seizes hotel in Somali capital

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