Security forces in Mogadishu are still fighting Islamic extremist gunmen who seized a hotel in the Somali capital on Friday evening in one of the most deadly and high-profile attacks in recent years.
At least 15 people are believed to have been killed and 40 wounded during the attack, which has been claimed by the al-Qaida-linked group al-Shabaab.
Detonations sent huge plumes of smoke over Mogadishu, and gunfire reverberated around the city. Large sections of the hotel were destroyed by the fighting, witnesses said.
