At least five killed in rebel attack on Somalia hotel

At least five killed in rebel attack on Somalia hotel
A hotel security guard stands by wreckage in the aftermath of an attack on the Afrik hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)

At least five people have died in the attack on a Mogadishu hotel by Somalia’s al Shabab rebels that was ended early Monday by security forces, according to the Somali police force.

The siege of the Afrik hotel ended after a gun battle that lasted for more than eight hours, and all four rebel attackers were killed, Somali police spokesman Sadiq Adan Ali said.

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