The Latest: At least 2 dead, 8 wounded in Mogadishu blast
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Latest on explosions in Somalia's capital (all times local):
5:55 p.m.
A police officer says at least two people are dead and more than eight others are wounded after a suspected suicide car bomb detonated outside a hotel in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Capt. Mohamed Hussein says gunfire can be heard inside the Nasa-Hablod hotel, which is frequented by politicians and other members of the city's elite.
A second blast was heard in the area minutes after the first.
Saturday's blast comes two weeks after more than 350 people were killed in a massive truck bombing on a busy Mogadishu street in the country's worst-ever attack.
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5:35 p.m.
A Somali police officer says a suspected suicide car bomb has detonated near the gate of a hotel close to the presidential palace in Mogadishu.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Capt. Mohamed Hussein says gunfire could be heard inside the Nasa-Hablod hotel.
Saturday's blast in Somalia's capital comes two weeks after more than 350 people were killed in a massive truck bombing on a busy Mogadishu street in the country's worst-ever attack.
The extremist group al-Shabab often targets high-profile areas of Mogadishu.