At Least 7 Dead After Gunmen Attack Mogadishu Hotel

At Least 7 Dead After Gunmen Attack Mogadishu Hotel
Emergency vehicles are seen at a cordoned off area near the site of a blast at the Elite Hotel in Lido beach in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Aug. 16, 2020. Reuters/Feisal Omar
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MOGADISHU—Islamic terrorists stormed a high-end seaside hotel in Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 20 as they detonated a car bomb then opened fire with assault rifles in the latest attack in the Somali capital.

Islamic terrorist group al Shabaab said it was behind the assault on the Elite Hotel in Lido beach, and that its gunmen battled security forces who rushed to the scene.