Somali police take position after Islamist group al Shabaab attacked Maka Al-Mukarama hotel in Mogadishu, March 27, 2015. Islamist militants blasted their way into a popular hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, killing at least seven people and trapping government officials inside, police and witnesses said. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist militants blasted their way into a popular hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, killing at least seven people and trapping government officials inside, police and witnesses said.
Police said forces from the elite U.S.-trained special forces troops known as "Gaashaan" (Shield) then stormed the hotel compound and took back control of most of the building.
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