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Urgent: Huge blasts target hotel, public garden in Mogadishu

Xinhua, February 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

A public garden and a hotel came under attack in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Friday, witnesses and police said.

Witnesses told Xinhua that civilians are still trapped inside the Peace Garden and Syl Hotel as gunfire and heavy blasts can be heard. Enditem