Somali minister among 15 killed in extremist attack on hotel

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Mogadishu, Ramadan 21, 1437, Jun 26, 2016, SPA -- A Somali Cabinet minister is among the 15 killed in an extremist attack on a hotel in the capital, police say. According to AP, four attackers also died in the assault which was claimed by al-Shabab, Somalia's militant rebels who are allied to al-Qaida. State Minister for the Environment, Buri Hamza, was among those killed, said Capt. Mohamed Hussein, a senior Somali police officer. Hamza died when his hotel room collapsed Saturday because of the powerful car bomb which extremists used to blast their way into the Nasa-Hablod Hotel. At least 34 people were injured, according to police and hospital sources. --SPA 20:48 LOCAL TIME 17:48 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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