30 Civilians Killed in Al-Shabaab Militant’s Twin Blasts, Scores Injured in SYL Hotel, Mogadishu

Somali government forces assess the scene of a suicide car explosion in front of the SYL hotel in the capital Mogadishu January 22, 2015. The Somali Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for a bomb attack at the gate of the hotel where Turkish delegates were meeting on Thursday, a day ahead of a visit by their president, Tayyip Erdogan, to the Somali capital. REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)