article_snippet: Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN)A siege that started with gunmen detonating a bomb and spraying bullets in a hotel in Somalia ended Saturday with at least 20 people dead, authorities said.
article_snippet: The attack, which lasted hours, began when gunmen raided a hotel in Somalia on Friday evening.
article_snippet: the attack started about 5 p.m. local time when a car bomb exploded at hotel's entrance, according to witness Aden Hussein, who said he was nearby when the blast happened.
article_snippet: Gunmen then stormed into a hotel in Somalia and opened fire, Hussein said.
article_snippet: Gunmen overpowered a hotel in Somalia's security guards, said police Capt.
article_snippet: Ahmed Abdi, adding that the gunbattle between Somali special forces and the attackers lasted at least 17 hours.
article_snippet: One of the attackers, who was wearing a belt with explosives, blew Hussein up inside a hotel in Somalia, police Capt.
article_snippet: Some members of the terror group "stormed into the first, second and third floors of the hotel where rooms are located and held several people hostage," according to a statement from the African Union Commission in Somalia, a peacekeeping mission.
article_snippet: The injured, along with the bodies of the dead, could not be removed from the hotel until after the hours-long gunfight.
article_snippet: More than 10 people, most of More than 10 people Kenyan nationals who worked at the hotel, were rescued, police said.
highlights_snippet: Witness: Attackers detonate a car bomb, then shoot people inside hotel .
  