Mogadishu hotel attack kills dozens

  • 26/01/2017
The scene of the explosion in Mogadishu (Reuters)
The scene of the explosion in Mogadishu (Reuters)

The death toll from a militant attack on a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has risen to 28, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance services says.

Al-Shabab militants rammed a car bomb into the gate of the hotel before storming inside on Wednesday.

Still from a video showing the moment a car bomb exploded in Mogadishu (Reuters)
Still from a video showing the moment the car bomb exploded (Reuters)

"We have confirmed 28 people died and 43 others were injured in the two blasts at the hotel," Abdikadir Abdirahman, director of the capital's ambulance services, told Reuters.

Reuters