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A Somali man stands near the wreckage of a car that carried the bomb and was detonated at the gate of one of Mogadishu's most popular hotels. Friday, March, 27, 2015. A Somali police official says a suicide bomber has detonated his explosives-laden car at the gate of a hotel popular with government officials in Mogadishu. Capt. Mohamed Hussein says gunfire could be heard inside the Maka-Mukarramah Hotel, but it was not clear if any gunmen had managed to penetrate the hotel's gate( AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
A Somali man stands near the wreckage of a car that carried the bomb and was detonated at the gate of one of Mogadishu's most popular hotels. Friday, March, 27, 2015. A Somali police official says a suicide bomber has detonated his explosives-laden car at the gate of a hotel popular with government officials in Mogadishu. Capt. Mohamed Hussein says gunfire could be heard inside the Maka-Mukarramah Hotel, but it was not clear if any gunmen had managed to penetrate the hotel's gate( AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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Mogadishu, Somalia • Blood spattered utensils, bullet-pocked walls and overturned chairs mark the reception area of a prominent hotel in the Somali capital after an attack by Islamic extremists that killed at least 24, including the six attackers.
Somali special forces stood over three bloodied bodies of the attackers after officials declared Saturday they have full control of the Maka Al-Mukarramah Hotel, more than 12 hours after gunmen from the Islamic rebel group al-Shabab stormed into the hotel.
The gunfire has stopped and security agents have gone through the whole building, said senior police officer Capt. Mohamed Hussein.
Eighteen people were killed in the attack, including one solider, said Hussein. At least 28 were wounded, according to Hussein Ali, an official of Mogadishu's ambulance service.
