A car bomb exploded at a hotel in the central Somali town of Beledweyne on Tuesday in an attack that killed at least six people, including two prominent traditional elders, witnesses said. The blast targeted the Cairo Hotel,

Gunmen stormed a hotel in the Somali city of Beledweyne on Tuesday, leaving at least five people dead and triggering an ongoing siege, according to witnesses and a Somali lawmaker. In an interview with VOA Somali, federal lawmaker Dahir Amin Jesow said local elders and government officials were meeting at the Qahira Hotel in central Somalia.

Gunmen attacked a hotel in central Somalia's Beledweyne, targeting local elders and government officials. The assault, claimed by al Shabaab, left at least four people dead, with reports suggesting over ten fatalities.

At least four were killed when Gunmen stormed a hotel in the town of Baladweyne in central Somalia on Tuesday.