- published: 02 Jan 2014
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Hotel in Somali capital Mogadishu hit by car bombs For more Latest and Breaking News Headlines SUBSCRIBE to https://www.youtube.com/user/ZakWorldNEWS Two car bombs have exploded outside a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least 10 people. The blasts were at the Jazeera hotel which is frequented by Somali politicians and foreigners. Reports say the blasts were followed by exchanges of fire between security forces and the attackers. The Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab, which was driven out of Mogadishu in 2011, said it carried out the attack. The al-Qaeda-linked group still controls many southern and central areas of the country and has continued to launch attacks on the capital. More gunfire "First we heard a big crash and the security forces immediately opened fire," local resident Abdullahi Hussein told Reuters. "After a few minutes another explosion took place and there was more gunfire," he said. Four members of the security services were among the dead, including one senior officer, the deputy interior minister told the BBC's Somali service. Police officer Mohamed Warsame told the AFP agency that the second bomb went off as security services were trying to help the victims of the first blast. The Jazeera hotel, which is near the airport, was also targeted in December 2012, when President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was staying there. At least seven people died in that attack. Last week at least 11 people, including six soldiers, were killed by a remote-controlled bomb in a restaurant in Mogadishu. Al-Shabab is banned as a terrorist group by both the US and the UK and is believed to have between 7,000 and 9,000 fighters. Although it has lost control of the towns and cities, its writ still runs in many rural areas. It has imposed a strict version of Sharia law in such areas, including stoning to death women accused of adultery and amputating the hands of thieves. TAGS abc breaking news, bbc, bbc football, bbc iplayer, bbc news, bbc news america, bbc persian, bbc sport, bbc weather, bbc world news, breaking celebrity news, breaking election news, breaking late news, breaking local news, breaking music news, breaking news, breaking news alerts, breaking news canada, breaking news headlines, breaking news in atlanta, breaking news in nigeria, breaking news india, breaking news pensacola florida, breaking news plane crash, breaking news story, breaking sports news, business expensive news home media world, christian world news, cnn, cnn breaking news, cnn money, cnn news, cnn news breaking news, cnn news world, detroit breaking news, global news, headline, headline news, health care technology news, hot latest global news, internet technology news, las vegas breaking news, latest breaking news, latest celebrity news, latest information technology news, latest music news, latest news, latest news headlines, latest news update, latest sports news, live breaking news, local breaking news, local news today, msn breaking news, nbc breaking news, nbc world news, news of the world, news report us world, news today news, news updated daily, solar technology news, sports news today, technology news, the latest news, today news, us news and world, us news and world report, us news and world report magazine, us news and world report web site, us news world report, world news, world news daily, world news headlines