MOGADISHU: A suicide car bombing targeting a Mogadishu hotel by extremist group Al Shabaab on Thursday killed at least 10 people and destroyed buildings in the Somali capital’s busiest street, police said. It took place in a business centre in Maka Al Mukaram street which has hotels, shops, and restaurants, Police Major Mohamed Hussein told Reuters. We believe more dead bodies are in the ruined buildings,” Police Major Abdullahi Ali said. “We targeted and stormed Hotel Maka Al Mukaram. Al Shabaab is fighting to dislodge a Western-backed government protected by African Union-mandated peacekeepers.

Source: Pakistan Today February 28, 2019 20:03 UTC