@ CNN.com, 2 hrs. ago

Violent radical Islamist terrorism so not over, this one was like allout war, with bombs (both car and suicide) followed by gunmen.

.....] Attack started with car bombs

The attack began at a bank inside the compound Tuesday afternoon. An explosion ripped through three vehicles in the parking lot, followed by a suicide blast in the foyer of the Dusit Hotel, Boinnet said [....]

Terror group claims responsibility

A source helping with security at the hotel called the death toll "conservative," and said it's expected to rise. The fatalities included a US citizen, the State Department said, but did not provide details.

Somali Islamist militant group, Al-Shabaab, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. It's the most high-profile terror attack in the East African country in years, and happened three years to the day after Al-Shabaab militants targeted a Kenyan military base in neighboring Somalia, killing dozens of soldiers.

And in 2013, Al-Shabaab militants targeted the luxury shopping center of Westgate, killing 67 people in a siege that lasted several days [....]