At least 20 people are dead and dozens injured after gunmen stormed an upscale hotel in an ongoing attack in Somalia's capital, police said
Police Major Yasin Haji told CNN at least 50 others have been injured in the ongoing attack on the Hayat Hotel.A number of gunmen are holding hostages and still firing from inside toward security forces slowing the operation to retake control of the hotel, Haji added."It took us over 24 hours to end the terrorist siege at Hayat Hotel because the attackers took civilians as hostages and used them as human shields. We cleared the first and top floors.
The area is frequented by lawmakers and government officials.Two security officials, including Mogadishu intelligence chief Muhidin Mohamed, were wounded in the ongoing attack, Maj. Hassan Dahir, a police officer, told CNN. Details remained murky, however, as the siege continued.
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