Mogadishu, Nov 10 (UNI) At least 50 people were killed and 58 injured in a triple car bomb blast near Sahafi Hotel in Mogadishu, police said on Saturday.
"More bodies were found under the rubble and the death toll now stands at 50. We don't know if there are other people still under the rubble but we are trying our best to recover those missing," a police officer told Xinhua.
The UN and other foreign countries have denounced the blasts.
Two car bombs exploded near the Sahafi Hotel and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the third one exploded on a busy street near the hotel.
Al-Shabab, the armed group which was forced out of the capital and other major urban areas by Somali and African Union multinational forces in 2011, claimed responsibility for the attack.
The group said it targeted the government officials staying at the hotel.
Sahafi Hotel is frequented by foreigners due to its relative security as well as its view overlooking Mogadishu.
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