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TEHRAN, Mar 01 - The death toll from an Al Shabaab suicide car bombing at a Mogadishu hotel rose to 29 with 80 wounded, police said on Friday, as a gun battle raged at the site of the blast between fighters of the militant group and Somali troops.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - "So far we know 29 people mostly civilians died and 80 others injured. The militants are still fighting from inside a civilian house adjacent to the hotel... The death toll may rise," police Major Musa Ali told Reuters.
The blast hit the Maka Al-Mukarama hotel on Thursday evening.
Source: Reuters
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