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A suicide car bombing struck the Jazeera Palace Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia on July 26, 2015, killing at least 15 people, including a Chinese security officer guarding the Chinese Embassy. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility.
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Suggest coverage for Jazeera Palace Hotel bombingOn July 26, 2015, the Jazeera Palace Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia was struck by a suicide bomber driving a vehicle packed with explosives. The hotel was heavily guarded and was regarded as a secure location favored by diplomats and high-ranking government officials, which made it a symbolically significant target.
At least 15 people were killed in the attack. Among the dead was Zhang Nan, a Staff Sergeant with the Chinese People's Armed Police, who was on guard duty at the Chinese Embassy at the time of the bombing.
Al-Shabab, the militant group active in Somalia, claimed responsibility for the attack.
This attack followed a related incident on July 10, 2015, when Shabab militants attacked two other hotels—Hotel Weheliye and Hotel Siyad—along with a stadium housing peacekeepers, using car bombs in that earlier assault.
Al-Shabab militants attacked two hotels (Hotel Weheliye and Hotel Siyad) and a stadium housing peacekeepers, using car bombs.
A suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into the Jazeera Palace Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing at least 15 people, including Chinese People's Armed Police Staff Sergeant Zhang Nan.
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Chinese People's Armed Police Staff Sergeant on guard duty at the Chinese Embassy, killed in the bombing.[3]
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