(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 21 - At least 20 people have died - but the final toll could be even higher - in the attack on the Hayat hotel in Mogadishu, claimed by Al-Shabaab terrorists, linked to Al-Qaeda, and in the subsequent siege by Somali security forces, according to Somali police and witnesses, cited by various international media.
It is not yet clear whether the terrorists killed in the operation were also included in the casualty count.
The same sources also speak of a number of injured which varies between 40 and 50. (ANSA).