Al-Shabab claims responsibility for Somalia hotel attack

al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for an attack carried out at a hotel compound on Tuesday night that killed ten people. The gunmen accessed the venue despite it being located in a high-security area near the presidential palace. Abdizirak Mohammed is a Member of the Somali Federal Parliament, and a former Minister of Internal Security, Focus on Africa asked him why this kind of attacks keep happening.

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(Photo: Officials take security measures around a park and surroundings, near the hotel where the suspects fled, after gunmen attempting an attack on Somali presidential residence in Mogadishu. Credit: Sadak Mohamed/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)