Gunfire, blast as militants attack hotel in Somali capital

March 27, 2015 21:49

A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car at the gate of a hotel popular with government officials in Mogadishu. Gunfire could be heard inside the Maka-Mukarramah Hotel, but it was not clear if any gunmen had managed to penetrate the hotel's gate, said Somali police Captain Mohamed Hussein. He said there was no information yet on casualties and it was not clear who was being targeted.

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