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A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu has killed at least 30 people, police say.<\/p>\n

Dozens more were wounded when a lorry packed with explosives detonated near the entrance of a hotel.<\/p>\n

Police say two people were killed in a second bomb attack in the Madina district of the city.<\/p>\n

It is not clear who staged the attacks. Mogadishu is a regular target for the al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab group, which is battling the government.<\/p>\n

After the first blast, police captain Mohamed Hussein told Reuters news agency: \u201cIt was a truck bomb. There are casualties but we do not know the exact amount as the scene is still burning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Witnesses told the BBC they believed dozens of people were dead.<\/p>\n

A BBC Somali reporter at the scene said the Safari Hotel had collapsed, with people thought to be trapped under the rubble.<\/p>\n

Mogadishu resident Muhidin Ali told news agency AFP it was \u201cthe biggest blast I have ever witnessed, it destroyed the whole area\u201d.<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n

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