Islamist bomb targets Mogadishu hotel, killing at least 10

Flames burn at the scene where a car exploded in Maka Al Mukaram Street last night. [Reuters]

A suicide car bombing targeting a Mogadishu hotel by the Islamist group Al Shabaab on Thursday killed at least 10 people and destroyed buildings in the Somali capital’s busiest street, police said.

It was one of the heaviest blasts to have hit Mogadishu in recent times.