Somali special forces say they have ended a siege at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu that was stormed by armed al-Shabab militants.
At least 10 people are reported to have been killed at the Elite Hotel in the Lido beach area, plus an unknown number of militants.
The attackers detonated a car bomb outside the hotel on Sunday before storming it and seizing hostages.
The recently built hotel is owned by an MP and is popular with officials.
Witnesses said that the initial blast was heard across Mogadishu and there was chaos as people fled the area.
Security forces sealed off the hotel and exchanged fire with the gunmen inside. Four hours later, government spokesman Ismael Mukhtaar Omar tweeted that the siege was over and all the gunmen had been killed.
