18 dead, more than 30 wounded in Mogadishu hotel blast

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A suicide car bomb exploded outside a popular hotel in Somalia's capital on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and wounding more than 30, and gunfire continued as security forces pursued the attackers inside the building, police said. Two more blasts were heard, one when an attacker detonated a suicide vest.Speaking to The Associated Press by telephone from the scene, Capt. Mohamed Hussein said more than 20 people, including government officials, were thought to be t