Paramedics at the Madina hospital push a gurney with a civilian injured in a car bomb explosion in the Kilometre 4 area of Mogadishu, Somalia January 31, 2021. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Nine people died after al Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgents stormed a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, battling security forces until the early hours of Monday, a police spokesman said.
A suicide car bombing on Sunday evening was followed by a shootout between al Shabaab militants and security forces at the Hotel Afrik.
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