MOGADISHU: Blood spattered utensils, bullet-pocked walls and overturned chairs marked the reception area of Maka Al-Mukarramah Hotel on Saturday, following an attack by Islamic rebel group al-Shabab that killed at least 24, including the six attackers.

A military police woman takes pictures of three bodies of Somalia’s  Al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabab militants at the Maka Al-Mukarramah Hotel  in Mogadishu after Somali security forces killed them.  Pic/AFP