<ul id="gallery" class="noscript"> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_1"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48853000/jpg/_48853044_010030421-2.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48855000/jpg/_48855650_010030421-2.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="Soldiers outside Hotel Muna"/></a> <span class="picGalCaption">At least 32 people have been killed, including six MPs, in a suicide attack on the Hotel Muna in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Warning - readers may find some of the following images disturbing.</span> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_2"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48854000/jpg/_48854263_010029809-1.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48855000/jpg/_48855649_010029809-1.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="Damaged part of the hotel"/></a> <span class="picGalCaption">Two Islamist fighters approached the hotel, disguised as government soldiers. One opened fire outside, killing a guard, while another went inside.</span> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_3"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48853000/jpg/_48853042_010030464-1.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48855000/jpg/_48855648_010030464-1.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="Blood and sandals at the bottom of stairs in the Hotel Muna"/></a> <span class="picGalCaption">Eyewitnesses say he fired his gun indiscriminately inside the hotel and blew himself up before he could be stopped.</span> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_4"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48854000/jpg/_48854214_010029819-1.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48855000/jpg/_48855647_010029819-1.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="Room in disarray at the Hotel Muna"/></a> <span class="picGalCaption">The hotel had been popular with officials from Somalia's beleaguered government, as it was in one of the few areas under government control and was seen as relatively secure.</span> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_5"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48854000/jpg/_48854357_010028970-1.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48855000/jpg/_48855646_010028970-1.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="Fighters from the al-Shabab Islamist militia inspect their weapons"/></a> <span class="picGalCaption">The raid comes amid renewed heavy fighting between Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militia and government forces in Mogadishu.</span> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_6"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48854000/jpg/_48854300_010028990-1.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48855000/jpg/_48855645_010028990-1.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="woman being taken to hospital"/></a> <span class="picGalCaption">At least 40 other people have been killed in the Somali capital since Monday, health officials say.</span> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_7"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48854000/jpg/_48854230_010029894-1.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48855000/jpg/_48855644_010029894-1.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="Crowd looking at the body of an Islamist fighter"/></a> <span class="picGalCaption">Following the hotel raid, government forces dragged the body of an Islamist fighter through the city's streets - this crowd gathered to watch.</span> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_8"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48854000/jpg/_48854329_010028995-1.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48855000/jpg/_48855663_010028995-1.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="People fleeing Mogadishu"/></a> <span class="picGalCaption">The latest attack and fighting has prompted even more Mogadishu residents to flee the city, which has been in a state of almost continual warfare for two decades.</span> </li> </ul>
At least 32 people have been killed, including six MPs, in a suicide attack on the Hotel Muna in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Warning - readers may find some of the following images disturbing.
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