By Dan Calabrese ——Bio and Archives--June 1, 2016
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At least 10 people were killed Wednesday when militants, including suicide bombers, attacked a hotel popular with government officials and business executives in central Mogadishu, the Somali capital, on Wednesday.
A huge explosion and heavy gunfire punctuated the assault on the Hotel Ambassador. Police said at least 10 people were killed and the death toll will likely rise, Reuters reported. The militant group al-Shabab, an Al-Qaeda affiliate that wants to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic state, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to media reports. The assault began when suicide bombers blew up a vehicle laden with explosives at the gates of the hotel, the Associated Press reports. Gunmen then forced their way inside on foot. "A suicide car bomber has targeted the Hotel Ambassador along Maka Al Mukaram Road. He rammed into the gate," Colonel Ali Mohamed, a Mogadishu police officer, told Reuters. Harun Maruf, a journalist for the Voice of America, tweeted that the militants appeared to have taken over the top floors of the hotel.
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