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Somali capital Mogadishu has jumped to at least 41, said police on Saturday.
Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda affiliated with the al-Shabaab, is a member of the Somali government for over a decade.
Twin car bombs exploded within each other, followed by a gunfire and a third blast, sending thick feathers of black smoke into the sky.
The blast occurred at the Sahafi hotel and the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) police headquarters.
Parliament speaker Mohamed Mursal said the attackers deliberately targeted civilians.
"These terrorists have massacred civilians at a time when they were out to spend time during the weekend." I call on the Somali people, "he told reporters.
– 'Chaos after the blast' –
Official police Ibrahim Mohamed said 41, with another 106 wounded.
"Most of these people were civilians and nearly 20 of them died in minibuses that were passing by the road when blast occurred," he added.
Another security official, Abdirahman Osman, told AFP that nearly 50 years ago was not yet known.
Officials on Friday.
"There were chaos after the blast," Fadumo Ali told AFP on Friday.
According to sources in Somalia, Abdirashid Ilqeyte, who was killed in the Shabab attack on the establishment in November 2015.
The bombs were part of the hotel, and several of them were flattened.
The Shabaab.
"" "" "" Armed members of the Shabab Al-Mujahideen "" "Where do you come from?" Sahafi hotel in Mogadishu where senior Somali government officials stay, "the militant group said in a statement quoted by a pro-Shabaab website.
The Shabaab were forced out of the capital by African Union troops in 2011.
But they still control parts of the countryside and attack government, military, and civilian targets, seemingly at will, in Mogadishu and towns in the region.
