In the first attack, two people were killed and four others were maimed when a suicide boom-mobile went
kaboom!a few meters away from a Somali army training center in the neighborhood of Wadjer, east of Mogadishu, a security source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media, said.
Later, in another attack, at least seven people were killed and more than eight others were maimed when two boom-mobiles targeted the Weheliye hotel in the capital, Ali Yusuf, a police captain in the area, said by phone.
"It is very early to know how many people have been killed but [from] what I know we have seen is at least seven people killed, including soldiers and eight others maimed. The maimed people were rushed to Madina and Darushifa hospitals for treatment," Yusuf said.
Howlwadag district commissioner also confirmed the corpse count to Anadolu Agency.
Weheliye hotel is said to be frequented by government officials, including MPs and is located just a few steps from the Somali parliament building.
The Somali holy warrior group al-Shabaab
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Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...grabbed credit for the Weheliye hotel attack.