MOGADISHU: As many as 13 people were killed and more than 40 others were injured in a bomb explosion at a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
According to a report, a lorry was used to attack the Jazeera Palace Hotel near the airport.
Somali militant Islamist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The al-Qaeda linked group said it was responding to assaults by an African Union force and the Somali government.
The blasts came as US President Barack Obama was leaving Kenya for Ethiopia, at the end of a trip during which he had discussions about dealing with the threat from al-Shabab.
A Chinese embassy worker was among the dead as well as three members of the hotel staff, the BBC’s Mohamed Moalimu reports.
