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Al-Shabaab attack on Somalia hotel leaves 14 dead
A Somali national walks near a destroyed building after the attack on SYL hotel on February 27, 2016 in Mogadishu, Somalia. PHOTO | AFP
What you need to know:
Two explosions went off near the popular SYL hotel and neighbouring Peace Garden followed by more than an hour of automatic gunfire.
The hotel and park are close to the top-security Villa Somalia complex that houses the presidential palace and the prime minister’s office.
Security Minister Abdirasak Omar Mohamed said the assailants drove a truck packed with 200 kilogrammes of explosives to the SYL Hotel.
MOGADISHU, Saturday
The death toll rose to 14 on Saturday from massive bomb blasts outside a Mogadishu hotel and a park that was claimed by Al-Shabaab Islamists, government and medical sources said.
