Battle over in Somali capital, three militants killed – police

Somali security forces killed three militants holed up in a building in the capital Mogadishu on Friday and the battle for the area was now over, police officials said.

Islamist al Shabaab fighters set off an explosive outside the Hotel Maka Al-Mukarama late on Thursday, killing at least 29 people, and then fled to a neighbouring building. Somali special forces were deployed on Friday to flush them out.