In Somalia, at least seven people were killed and 17 others injured in two huge suicide car bombs in Mogadishu. <br/><br/>According to Somali officials the explosions took place near Medina Gate, one of the main entrances of the Mogadishu international airport yesterday. <br/><br/>The first explosion targeted a checkpoint and immediately after the blast, a second car drove at high speed through the checkpoint and detonated outside the Peace Hotel opposite the airport. Several houses in the area sustained massive damage. <br/><br/>Somali Foreign Minister Abdusalam Hadliye Omer has said that it is a terrorist act carried out by a group that does not want to see peace and governance in Somalia. The al-Shabab militant group claimed responsibility for the attack.