By Our Staff Writer
Al-Shabab Fighters
Mogadishu-Somalia: A suicide bomber and gunmen wearing military uniforms attacked a hotel near Somalia’s Presidential Palace; AP has reported. The Monday attack sparked a one-hour gun battle with security forces. At least 32 people were killed, including six Somali parliamentarians.
Witnesses described a horrific scene of dead bodies throughout the Muna Hotel and guests scrambling to safety by escaping out of windows. The multi-pronged assault came less than 24 hours after the country’s most dangerous militant group – Al-Shabab, a group allied with al-Qaida, threatened a “massive” war against what it labelled as invaders, a reference to the 6,000 Ugandan and Burundian African Union troops in Mogadishu. (more…)