MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali security forces on Thursday ended an overnight siege by extremist gunmen at a hotel in the capital that killed at least 15 people, including two members of Parliament, officials said.

The assault started when a vehicle laden with explosives detonated outside the Ambassador Hotel Wednesday evening and three militants stormed inside the building.

Al Shabab, the Islamic extremist group, claimed responsibility for the attack.

One militant was killed at the entrance to the hotel while two others entered and shot at residents. All the attackers were killed in the siege.

Nine bodies were removed from the hotel after troops killed the remaining assailants, said Captain Mohamed Hussein. Six of 40 people injured in the attack died from their wounds.

The two members of Parliament killed in the attack had dual British citizenship, a statement from British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond’s office said.

Associated Press