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Anonymous Coward User ID: 54153621 United States 02/20/2015 07:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Somali Hotel Hit by Twin Blasts in Capital Mogadishu, Police Say 1/20/15 Two bomb blasts at a hotel in the center of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, left an unspecified number of people dead and injured, police captain Mohamed Aloley said. [link to www.bloomberg.com] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 54153621 United States 02/20/2015 07:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1/20/15 Al-Shabab Islamist militants have said they were behind the attack - they are battling the UN-backed government for control of Somalia. The al-Qaeda linked group has been driven out of the country's major towns but still controls many rural areas in the south. "First the car bomb exploded at the gate of the hotel, then a suicide bomber blew himself up in the hotel compound," police Major Nur Mohamed told Reuters. [link to www.bbc.com] |