Somalia: Deadly al-Shabab attack on Mogadishu hotel

Militants from the Islamist group al-Shabab are thought to have used a car bomb to blast their way into the hotel An attack by the Islamist group al-Shabab in a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu has left at least 14 dead, police say. Security forces retook the Naso-Hablod hotel after gunmen stormed it and took hostages, officials said. Those killed are reported to include security guards, civi