From The Quint

A suicide bomber rammed into a hotel in the centre of the Somalian capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police and witnesses said, killing at least nine people. The attack has been claimed by militant Islamist group al Shabaab.
Witnesses said the whole district was cordoned off by police, and that sporadic gunfire could still be heard.
Bursts of gunfire followed the attack, which targeted the Posh Hotel – the only venue with a discotheque in the capital – according to a Reuters witness.
The suicide car bomb targeted its entrance. There is gunfire inside the hotel. But I am not sure if fighters are inside.
Moahmed Hussein, a police officer, told Reuters
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Al Shabaab’s Campaign of Suicide Bombings
Al Shabaab, which has carried out a campaign of suicide bombings in its bid to topple the Somali government and impose its strict interpretation of Islam, claimed responsibility.
“A mujahid (fighter) with his suicide car bomb martyred himself after he rammed into Posh Hotel, which is a nightclub. The operation goes on,” Abdiasis Abu Musab, the group’s military spokesman, told Reuters
Since losing large swathes of territory to African Union peacekeepers supporting the government, the group has frequently launched raids and deadly attacks in Mogadishu and other regions controlled by the federal government.
Somalia has been at war since 1991, when clan-based warlords overthrew dictator Siad Barre and then turned on each other.

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