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Somali Official: Attack and Fifty-Six People

somali official: At least 26 people were killed in the attack, which a Somali official said started with a suicide car bomb before gunmen stormed the Asasey Hotel, according to CTV. Somalia's al-Shabab Islamic rebels claimed responsibility for the attack. Nalayeh and her husband, Farid Jama Suleiman, were killed after gunmen stormed a hotel in the port city of Kismayo on Friday, according to Mogadishu-based independent radio station Radio Dalsan. The official says those killed include one Canadian, one Briton, two Americans, three Kenyans and three Tanzanians. Canada condemns this terrorist attack and bombing in Somalia, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada said in a statement. Fifty-six people, including two Chinese, were also injured in the attack. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.