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MOGADISHU. — Somalia’s Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shebaab attacked a hotel crowded with army officers in a southern town days after African Union troops celebrated its capture from the Islamists, security officials said yesterday. A suicide bomber rammed a car packed full of explosives into the hotel, with gunmen then attacking, killing at least eight people, residents said.

The attack is the latest by the Al-Shebaab, launched in apparent retaliation to a new offensive to root them out of the troubled country.
Troops from neighbouring countries, which also face attacks on their own soil, are also fighting the Al-Shebaab in Somalia.

“There was a suicide attack involving terrorists at a hotel in Buulo Burde,” security official Sulieman Adam told AFP, of the attack that took place in the early hours of yesterday morning.

“Four of the attackers were also killed,” he added. — AFP.