A Somali Cabinet minister is among the 15 killed in an extremist attack on a hotel in the capital, police say. According to AP, four attackers also died in the assault which was claimed by al-Shabab, Somalia's militant rebels who are allied to al-Qaida. State Minister for the Environment, Buri Hamza, was among those killed, said Capt. Mohamed Hussein, a senior Somali police officer. Hamza died when his hotel room collapsed Saturday because of the powerful car bomb which extremists used to blast their way into the Nasa-Hablod Hotel. At least 34 people were injured, according to police and hospital sources.
