In Somalia, at least 23 people were killed and more than 30 injured in two blasts in capital Mogadishu yesterday. <br/><br/>Police said, first suicide car bomb blast took place outside a popular hotel Nasa-Hablod close to the presidential palace. <br/><br/>More than 20 people, including government officials, were thought to be trapped as security forces battled extremists holed up on the top floor of the hotel. <br/><br/>Police said, two of the five attackers were killed on the first floor while others hurled grenades and cut off the building's electricity as night fell. <br/><br/>The second explosion took place near the former parliament house in nearby area. <br/><br/>Police said a senior Somali police colonel and a former lawmaker were among the dead. Africa's deadliest Islamic extremist group Al-Shabab quickly claimed responsibility for this attack. <br/><br/>The attack in Somalia's capital took place just two weeks after more than 350 people were killed in a massive truck bombing on a busy Mogadishu street in the country's worst-ever attack.