The death toll climbed to 17 Sunday as two further victims died in hospital after radical militants attacked a popular hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials and hospital sources said. According to dpa, medical official Mohamed Yusuf confirmed the two new deaths and added that a total of about 25 people had been injured in the attack by the insurgent al-Shabaab group. The fatalities reportedly included politicians, businessmen and members of the security forces. The death toll includes the six attackers, Security Minister Abdirisak Omar Mohamed said. The militants arrived outside the Hotel Sahafi in two vehicles packed with explosives in the morning, police representative Abdi Hassan said. One of the vehicles rammed into a security wall and exploded, killing one of the attackers and several security guards. The other attackers stormed the hotel, police and witnesses said.
