26 killed in attack on Somalia hotel

Bloomberg

At least 26 people were killed in an attack on a Somalian hotel by suspected al-Shabaab fighters, according to a senior state official.
The dead included two Americans, a Canadian and a Briton, as well as three each from Kenya and Tanzania, Ahmed Mohamed
Islam, the president of the country’s Jubbaland state, said.
At least 56 other people were injured, including two Chinese, in the attack on the Cas-casey hotel in the port town of Kismayo, he said at a news conference.
“Four attackers stormed the hotel,” Islam said.
“One blew himself up in the first place. One was caught alive in the security operations, while the other two were killed.”