Suicide car bomb targets Somalia hotel: official

Somali soldiers patrol in a pickup truck in Mogadishu on June 21, 2015
Somali soldiers patrol in a pickup truck in Mogadishu on June 21, 2015

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Mogadishu (AFP) - A suicide car bomb exploded outside a popular hotel close to the presidential palace in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, in an attack claimed by Shabaab militants.

"There was a blast close to the SYL hotel area, near the main checkpoint of the presidential palace," said security officer Ibrahim Mohamed.

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