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Somalia's al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab crowd has taken blame for a suicide attack on a hotel in Mogadishu that has killed more than 30 people, counting seven parliament members.Al-Shabab spokesman, Ali Mohamud Rage, says affiliates of the group's "special forces" under attack Somali parliament members exist in in Muna Hotel in Mogadishu's government-controlled Hamarweyne district. Fury says al-Shabab armed forces were able to easily go into the hotel compound, located near the presidential palace. He claims almost all of the parliament members in the hotel were killed.It is not recognized how many lawmakers were inside. Other than Somalia's Transitional Federal Government says six lawmakers and two administration officials were killed during the attack. Information say one more lawmaker subsequently died of wounds in the hospital.full story
9 killed on hijacked Philippine tourist bus: A 12-hour captive drama on board a hijacked Philippine bus broken in carnage Monday when an angry ex-policeman demanding his job back gunned downward eight Hong Kong tourists before police tempest the vehicle and a sniper killed him.On least seven captives stay alive, four of whom were seen crawling out the back door of the bus after Philippine police stormed it Monday evening when the hostage-taker started shooting at the 15 Chinese tourists inside, said police Senior Superintendent Nelson Yabut.He said the hostage-taker was slaying with a sniper shot to the head following he wounded a police sharpshooter.Police and ambulances were wrinkled up next to the vehicle in the torrential rain after the standoff ended. Restricted hospitals reported seven bodies of hostages were brought in. One additional hostage was hospitalized in critical situation, and five others were unharmed.full story
