At least eleven people have died and several MPs have been injured in a suicide attack on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu. <br /><br /> The deputy prime minister and the transport minister were among those wounded.<br /><br /> According to eyewitnesses two explosions were followed by gunfire at the Central Hotel around lunch time. Police say a car bomb exploded and attackers entered the building where ministers and lawmakers had gathered.<br /><br /> #BREAKING Car bomb hits the gate entrance of Hotel central near #Somalipresidential Palace.Casualties feared #Somalia pic.twitter.com/t9NCWyP2HM— Mogadishu News (@MogadishuNews) February 20, 2015<br /> <br /><br /> The Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the hotel was targeted as part of their operation in Mogadishu.<br /><br /> It comes after an MP was killed by the militants in a drive-by shooting in the capital earlier this month.
