At least 13 people have been killed and more than 40 others injured in a huge bomb explosion at a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
According to BBC Correspondance in the city says a lorry was used to attack the Jazeera Palace Hotel near the airport.
He said it was one of the worst scenes of destruction he has witnessed in Mogadishu. 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.
The US condemned the "abhorrent" attack which "purposefully and cruelly targeted innocent civilians," a National Security Council statement said.
International diplomats often stay at Jazeera Palace Hotel, which has been targeted in the past. It also accommodates several embassies including those of China, Qatar and Egypt.
A Chinese embassy worker was among the dead as well as three members of the hotel staff, the BBC's Mohamed Moalimu reports.
Al-Shabab is battling Somalia's government for control of the country. While security in Somalia has improved, the group still attacks Mogadishu regularly.
On Saturday, a member of the Somali parliament and an official from the prime minister's office were killed in separate attacks in the capital claimed by al-Shabab.
In recent days the group has lost two of its remaining strongholds - the south-western town of Bardere and the south-eastern town of Dinsor . Both had been under al-Shabab control since 2008.
The militants have also targeted neighbouring countries, killing almost 150 people in an assault on Garissa University College in Kenya in April.

AnitaDavid:
At least 13 people have been killed and more
than 40 others injured in a huge bomb
explosion at a hotel in the Somali capital
Mogadishu.

According to BBC Correspondance in the city says a lorry
was used to attack the Jazeera Palace Hotel
near the airport.

He said it was one of the worst scenes of
destruction he has witnessed in Mogadishu.
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.

The US condemned the "abhorrent" attack
which "purposefully and cruelly targeted
innocent civilians," a National Security Council
statement said.

International diplomats often stay at Jazeera
Palace Hotel, which has been targeted in the
past. It also accommodates several embassies
including those of China, Qatar and Egypt.

A Chinese embassy worker was among the
dead as well as three members of the hotel
staff, the BBC's Mohamed Moalimu reports.

Al-Shabab is battling Somalia's government for
control of the country. While security in Somalia
has improved, the group still attacks
Mogadishu regularly.

On Saturday, a member of the Somali
parliament and an official from the prime
minister's office were killed in separate attacks
in the capital claimed by al-Shabab.

In recent days the group has lost two of its
remaining strongholds - the south-western
town of Bardere and the south-eastern town of
Dinsor . Both had been under al-Shabab control
since 2008.

The militants have also targeted neighbouring
countries, killing almost 150 people in an
assault on Garissa University College in Kenya
in April.

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I don't think there will ever be an end to this killings,end time things....RIP to the dead