(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 31 - An operation by the Somali security forces is underway to save the people still trapped inside the Afrik hotel, in Mogadishu, where a car bomb and an attack exploded in front of the gate of the structure in the afternoon it was launched by Islamic terrorists al Shabaab.
Somali police captain Ahmed Hassan told CNN. inside the hotel at the time of the attack.
It does not appear that there are foreigners.
Close to the Afrik hotel is the main security checkpoint for the airport and the Halane base which hosts Western missions, including the United States Embassy.
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