A suicide car bombing near a hotel in Mogadishu regularly used by lawmakers cost at least 11 lives.<br/> <br />The bomber rammed the vehicle into a cafe outside the hotel.<br/> <br />Initial reports suggested the bomber opened fire on people before detonating the explosives.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Somalia police spokesman, Colonel Abdullahi Barise, saying (Somali):<br/> <br />"Here, as you see, is where the explosion happened. It's a restaurant where innocent people drink their tea, not a police station. I'm sure al Shabaab are behind this attack."<br/> <br />That suspicion was later confirmed by the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants who said they carried out the attack.<br/> <br />The bombing is an indication of how fragile security is in the Somali capital even after last year's withdrawal of the Islamist rebels.<br/> <br />Paul Chapman, Reuters
