Sunday, a car bomb exploded at the entrance of a hotel in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu, after which militants stormed the hotel. 

Local media reported that security forces are engaged in a gunfire exchange with militants. 

An extremist movement has taken responsibility for the attack.

This is a developing story. 

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