Source: SAHARA REPORTERS
Speaking to Reuters new agency Ahmed Abdullahi, a police major, counted at least 9 dead and 30 injured.
Officer Abdullahi said that three people believed responsible for the attack were shot and killed by the police.
The explosion occurred outside the entrance to the Somali Youth League hotel, known as SYL.
The car bomb was followed by an exchange of gunfire between the attackers and the hotel security.
The terrorist group Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
"We started with a car bomb and then stormed the hotel. We are inside it and fighting continues," Abdiasis Abu Musab, al-Shabaab's military operations spokesman, told Reuters.
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