23 people dead following a siege at Somalia hotel

Somali security forces have ended a night-long siege by at a Mogadishu hotel by five extremists who stormed the building after a suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the entrance gate, killing 23 people.

Troops regained control of the Nasa-Hablod hotel this morning, having killed three attackers and captured two alive, said Captain Mohamed Hussein.