Attack in Somalia – level 3

23-07-2019 07:00

At least 26 people died and 56 were injured in a terror attack on a hotel in Somalia on Friday 12th.

People reported that a suicide bomber rammed into the hotel with a car packed with explosives, and then gunmen ran into the building and opened fire. Two Americans and a prominent Somali-Canadian journalist were among those killed in the attack.

The extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the killings.

Difficult words: ram (drive/crash into), packed with (full of), prominent (well-known).

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