At least 16 people are dead following attacks on the
Weheliye and Siyad hotels in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Mortar rounds were also fired at Mogadishu's former
football stadium, which is now a key African Union troop base.
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| Two Mogadishu hotels (one seen above) were attacked by Shabaab fighters |
Meanwhile local news outlets from Somalia report that at least 10
Somali civilians, including women and children, have been killed and dozens
injured in an airstrike carried out by the Kenyan warplanes in Southern
Somalia, according to residents quoted in the Somali press.
The airborne attacks took place in Gedo region, close to the
Somalia-Kenya border.