A co-ordinated attack involving a suicide car bomb outside a popular hotel in Somalia's capital on Saturday killed at least 23 people and wounded more than 30, police said, as gunfire continued between security forces and militants inside the building. Civilians assist a man, injured from the explosion, at the gate of Nasa-Hablod hotel in the Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab, Africa's deadliest Islamic extremist group, quickly claimed responsibility for Saturday's attack and said its fighters were inside the hotel. "I think they were al-Shabaab fighters who were trying to storm the hotel," he said, lying on a hospital bed. U.S. military officials and others in recent months have expressed concern that Somali forces are not yet ready.

Source: CBC News October 28, 2017 14:48 UTC