Somalia News
The blasts occurred in two separate locations - one near the National Theatre in Mogadishu, about a kilometre from the president's office, and another in a livestock market in Jowhar city.
Terrorist Attack in Somalia: There has been a terrorist attack in the African country Somalia. Somalia has been shaken by the terrorist attack. Many people have died in this attack.
Somalia's government has blamed the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group for the attack at a busy junction in the capital.
There has been a terrorist attack in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Terrorists fired indiscriminately at a hotel like the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai in which 12 people died. Meanwhile, Mumbai Police has received a threatening message from a Pakistani number. It threatens to repeat 26/11.
The al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group attacked a hotel in the Somali city of Mogadishu and took control of the building.
Two car bomb blasts targeted Hotel Hayat in in the Somali capital, Mogadishu
Attacks may be by al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group
The Hayat Hotel is a popular venue with lawmakers and other government officials
US President Donald Trump has ordered American Troops to leave Somalia.
There are 700 troops in Somalia fighting against Al-Shabab.
Donald Trump recently ordered drawdowns in Afghanistan and Iraq.
State news agency SONNA reported that Islamist group al Shabaab had attacked with a car bomb at the hotel entrance and armed militants.
A witness, Ahmed Ali, told Reuters: "I heard a huge blast at the hotel, gunfire followed, and then clouds of smoke."
Farah had been serving as the advisor to the Minister of Youth and Sport of the Federal Government of Somalia for the last four years.
In an audio message, al Qaeda-allied al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the bombing that killed 90 people at the busy Ex-Control checkpoint northwest of Mogadishu.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the suicide attack.
Government spokesman Ismael Mukhtar Omar told Xinhua news agency that a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb at the checkpoint on Afgoye road.
The US strikes have largely targeted al-Shabab figureheads and based in southern Somalia where the militant group still maintains a strong grip on some regions.
Al Shabaab is trying to remove the Western-backed central government and establish its own rule based on its strict interpretation of sharia law.
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