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| Hotel in Somali capital Mogadishu hit by car bombs | |
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| Two car bombs have exploded outside a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, with reports of casualties. | |
| The explosions occurred at the Jazeera hotel is near Mogadishu's airport and is popular with Somali politicians. | |
| Reports say the blasts were followed by exchanges of fire between security forces and the attackers. | |
| The Somali Islamist militant group Al Shabab was driven out of Mogadishu in 2011 but has continued to launch attacks on the capital. | |
| The al-Qaeda-linked group still controls many southern and central areas of the country. | |
| Last week at least 11 people, including six soldiers, were killed by a remote-controlled bomb in a restaurant in Mogadishu. |