world News | Wed Jan 25, 2017 | 5:43am EST
Somali militants ram car bomb into hotel, killing at least 15
A still from a Reuters TV video shows a secondary explosion after a suspected suicide car bomb rammed into the gates of a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Reuters TV
By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar | MOGADISHU
Islamist militants rammed a car bomb into the gate of a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Wednesday and stormed inside, killing at least 15 people, government officials said.
Gunfire rang out as fighters entered the Dayah Hotel, which is popular with politicians. A second blast shook the area shortly afterwards, injuring several journalists and others nearby.
Colonel Abdiqadir Hussein, a police officer, told Reuters that security forces eventually managed to secure the building.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-attacks-idUSKBN1590HB
