At least 15 people killed in recent Suicide Bombing in Somalia.

ÃĹ-ŜĤÃβÃÃβ ŤẸŘŘỖŘ ĞŘỖǗƤ ŤÃЌẸŜ ŘẸŜƤỖŇŜĮβĮĹĮŤЎ ƑỖŘ ÃŤŤÃČЌ ŤĤÃŤ ЌĮĹĹẸĎ ÃŤ ĹẸÃŜŤ 15 ƤẸỖƤĹẸ.

     A suicide attacker drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into the gate of the Jazeera Palace Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Sunday,
killing at least 15 people, a police official said.

    The Al-Shabaab terror group took responsibility for the attack, saying it was targeting Western diplomats. The luxury hotel houses the diplomatic missions for several nations, including China.

    Capt. Ibrahim Liban, a police officer at the scene, said deaths occurred when a car bomb exploded at the hotel's main gate. Among those killed was a Somali journalist who worked for the London-based Universal TV channel, Liban said.

    Ambulances and security forces were on the scene, he said. Abdiweli Qanyare, a member of Somalia's Parliament who was near the hotel when the attack occurred, said it was one of the loudest explosions he had ever heard in the Somali capital.

    The bomb destroyed part of the hotel and caused damage to nearby structures, Qanyare said.

    The attack follows a series of assaults July 10 on two Mogadishu hotels and a stadium housing peacekeepers. Al-Shabaab also took responsibility for those attacks.