Death toll has risen to 230 in a massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu today. <br/><br/>Police said, hundreds more were injured when a lorry packed with explosives detonated near the entrance of a hotel. Police official Ibrahim Mohamed told AFP news agency that the death toll is likely to rise. <br/> <br/>It is one of the deadliest attacks in Somalia since the Islamist al-Shabab group launched its insurgency in 2007. BBC reports that it is not clear who staged the bombing, but Mogadishu is a target for al-Shabab militants battling the government. <br/><br/>President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo Mohamed has declared three days of mourning for the victims of the blast.