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| Somalia blast: Mogadishu hotel rocked by bomb | Somalia blast: Mogadishu hotel rocked by bomb |
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| At least 10 people have been killed in a huge bomb explosion at a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu. | At least 10 people have been killed in a huge bomb explosion at a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu. |
| A BBC correspondent in the city reports that a lorry was used to attack the Jazeera hotel near the city's airport. | A BBC correspondent in the city reports that a lorry was used to attack the Jazeera hotel near the city's airport. |
| Ambulances have begun collecting the dead and wounded in what he describes as one of the worst scenes of destruction he has seen in Mogadishu. | Ambulances have begun collecting the dead and wounded in what he describes as one of the worst scenes of destruction he has seen in Mogadishu. |
| Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack on the hotel. | Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack on the hotel. |
| It said it was responding to assaults on the group by an African Union force and the Somali government. | It said it was responding to assaults on the group by an African Union force and the Somali government. |
| International diplomats often stay at the hotel, which has been targeted in the past. It accommodates several embassies including those of China, Qatar and Egypt. | |
| "A suicide car bomb exploded at the gate of Jazeera Hotel," Major Nur Osoble, a police officer, told Reuters news agency. | "A suicide car bomb exploded at the gate of Jazeera Hotel," Major Nur Osoble, a police officer, told Reuters news agency. |
| A government security officer was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying that hotel security guards were among the dead. | A government security officer was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying that hotel security guards were among the dead. |