An intricate attack that has claimed 10 lives at Hayat hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has been blamed on the extremist organization Al-Shabab, which is affiliated with Al-Qaeda. The militants claimed to have set off explosives before storming the Hayat Hotel, which occasionally hosts representatives of the Somali government.
The group issued a statement that asserted authority over the hotel and stated it was “shooting everyone.”According to unnamed local media sources, multiple explosions involving suicide bombers and a lot of gunfire. According to reports, the shooters and the Somali government security personnel are exchanging gunfire.