At least 12 people are believed to have been killed during an attack by Islamist militants on a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, an official said on Saturday, as security forces continued to battle gunmen holed up inside.
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Fighters from al-Shabaab, a group linked to al-Qaida, stormed the popular Hayat hotel on Friday evening in a hail of gunfire and bomb blasts. The sound of gunshots still crackled across the capital in the early hours of Saturday morning as security forces battled to end the siege.
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