A strong explosion rocked Mogadishu as a car rammed with explosives detonated outside the back entrance of the Makka Al Mukarrama Hotel. According to local witnesses, they confirmed to Shabelle that 3 civilians including a female sustained wounds during the attack.After the explosion, soldiers of the Federal Government immediately headed to the explosion site to respond to the terrorist attack as well as cordoning off the scene.
The Chief of the Hodan district Police Station Mohamed Daahir, who rushed to the scene, told the press that the explosion was intended to complicate the lives of innocent people, and added that they are still pursuing the perpetrators responsible for this act of atrocity.
This explosion adds to the latest insecurity acts that have occurred in the capital city Mogadishu.