Somali bomb attack death toll rises to 27

The death toll from a deadly attack on a hotel in Mogadishu rose to 27 yesterday, prompting the Somali government to sack its police and intelligence chiefs.

The announcement came after al-qaeda-aligned al-shabaab gunmen staged coordinated car and minibus bomb attacks on Saturday outside the Nasa-hablod Hotel before storming the building.

The siege ended with three of the gunmen being captured alive.