Death of car bombs Mogadishu has significantly supported

The number of people killed during a car bomb attack Friday afternoon in the Somali capital Mogadishu rose to 53. In addition, there are more than a hundred wounded, including some in critical condition. That's what the AP News Agency reports

First, three car bombs exploded around the luxurious Sahafi hotel, located across from a police station on a busy street. Four armed militants then tried to break into the opening that had been hit by the hotel wall explosion, but were shot down by security guards.

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] A fourth car bomb exploded upon the arrival of the emergency services to treat the wounded and bring them to the hospital. Among the dead, is the owner of the hotel Sahafi, whose father died during an attack on the hotel in 2015, said a local police chief. He fears that the death toll is rising as many people have been seriously injured.

The bombing was claimed by radical Islamist terrorist group Al-Shabaab. an attack in Somalia. Last July, nine people were killed in an attack by al-Qaeda-affiliated group in the Foreign Ministry in Mogadishu

. explosion, according to the government also by al-Shabaab. It was the greatest act of terrorism ever committed on the African continent.