Al Jazeera: 26 killed in hours-long al-Shabab hotel siege in Somalia
A suicide car bomber and gunmen attacked a hotel where a political gathering was taking place in port city of Kismayo.
The death toll from a hotel attack in Somalia rose to 26 on Saturday with victims including Kenyans, Tanzanians, Americans, a Briton, a Canadian as well as prominent Somali politicians.
A presidential candidate for upcoming regional elections was also killed in the siege in Kismayo city that was carried out by al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab, Jubbaland President Ahmed Mohamed said in a statement.
More than 50 people were also wounded. Police in the southern port city earlier put the toll at 13.
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