Somali police end 14-hour hotel siege, as death toll jumps to 26
A prominent Somali-Canadian journalist, a candidate for regional president and several foreigners were among the dead
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Somali forces ended an all-night siege on a hotel in the southern city of Kismayo on Saturday morning after gunmen stormed the building in an attack that killed 26 people.
A presidential candidate for coming regional elections was among the victims of the attack by four militants, Jubaland president Ahmed Madobe said.
At least two journalists and a UN agency staff member were also reported to have been killed.
“Four militants attacked the hotel.
One of them was the suicide car bomber, two were shot dead and one was captured alive by Jubaland security forces.”