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A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu has killed at least 30 people, police say.
Dozens more were wounded when a lorry packed with explosives detonated near the entrance of a hotel.
Police say two people were killed in a second bomb attack in the Madina district of the city.
It is not clear who staged the attacks. Mogadishu is a regular target for the al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab group, which is battling the government.
Image copyright Reuters Image caption There are fears people are trapped under the rubble After the first blast, police captain Mohamed Hussein told Reutersnews agency: "It was a truck bomb. There are casualties but we do not know the exact amount as the scene is still burning."
Witnesses told the BBC they believed dozens of people were dead.
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Dozens more were wounded when a lorry packed with explosives detonated near the entrance of a hotel.
Police say two people were killed in a second bomb attack in the Madina district of the city.
It is not clear who staged the attacks. Mogadishu is a regular target for the al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab group, which is battling the government.
Image copyright Reuters Image caption There are fears people are trapped under the rubble After the first blast, police captain Mohamed Hussein told Reutersnews agency: "It was a truck bomb. There are casualties but we do not know the exact amount as the scene is still burning."
Witnesses told the BBC they believed dozens of people were dead.
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