Al-Shabab rebels attack Mogadishu hotel used by Somali officials - Al Jazeera English

Al-Shabab claims responsibility for the attack on the Villa Rose hotel in the Somali capital with no word yet on any casualties.

Fighters from the al-Shabab armed group have attacked a hotel used by government officials in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, according to police and government officials, with security officials saying the gunmen were wearing “suicide” vests.

There was no word yet on any casualties in the latest attack claimed by the al-Shabab armed group.

The armed group also claimed an attack on yet another hotel in the southern city of Kismayo last month that left nine people dead.