One of the three dead fighters drove the car that rammed the hotel while the others stormed the hotel, al Shabaab said. Islamist militant group al Shabaab, affiliated with al Qaeda, claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Hotel Ambassador. Al Shabaab was pushed out of Mogadishu by the African Union peacekeeping force AMISOM in 2011. Death tolls given by al Shabaab are usually much higher than those given by officials. Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's military operations spokesman, told Reuters they had lost three fighters during the hotel attack and killed 30 people.

Source: The Star June 02, 2016 07:30 UTC