article_snippet.sent: Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
article_snippet.sent: The area is not a new target for Al-Shabaab, which has battled Somalia's government for years with the goal of establishing a fundamentalist Islamic state.
article_snippet.sent: Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for a bombing and gun attack in February.
article_snippet.sent: Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab also said it was responsible for a bombing and gun attack in February, claiming a bombing and gun attack in February targeted a different Mogadishu hotel -- the Makka Al Mukarama -- because a bombing and gun attack in February guests were spies and government officials.
highlights_snippet.sent: Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Mogadishu has been the site of frequent attacks by Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab .