Sporadic gunfire and hand grenade explosions were break down inside Nasahablood 2 hotel where Al-Shabaab terrorists attacked on Saturday afternoon at around 4:55pm local time, the security forces are tirelessly engaged in rescuing people who are trapped inside the attacked hotel, as the attack concluded.
The forces have so far succeeded in rescuing number of people including government officials and other politicians, who got trapped inside the hotel, and still the rescue operation is underway.
The paramedic and the Intel agencies sources say that so far at least 19 people died in the attack local media says at least 23 while 34 others sustained injuries of different degrees.
Government officials from Banadir region administration, military officers and other government officials have reached at the scene.
The first suicide explosion has vastly destructed the hotel and the nearby buildings