Captain Mohamed Hussein – a senior Somali police officer – said that 53 people were killed, and at least 100 others were injured in Friday’s triple car bombings in Mogadishu.<\/p>\n
Hussein said that two bomb-laden vehicles targeted Sahafi Hotel, where government officials often visit and an explosion occurred in a parking lot of the hotel nearby a police station.<\/p>\n
Ahmad Zakariya, a rescue worker, previously said the death toll reached 23, including nine al-Shabaab militants.<\/p>\n
Somali-based insurgent group al-Shabaab claimed the responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n
According to the official news agency of Somalia, six of the attackers were killed by security forces, while three suicide bombers blew themselves up.<\/p>\n
Sahafi is a popular hotel located on the busy KM4 street and frequented by Somali government officials.<\/p>\n
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the attack, reiterating its stance against \u201call forms of violent extremism and terrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n
OIC\u2019s Secretary General Yousef Al-Othaimeen said that OIC is in \u201csolidarity with the Somalian government in its war against terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n
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