A suicide car bomb has struck a cafe at the Muna hotel in Mogadishu's center, near the presidential compound.
Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers are reportedly firing at the scene, though the targets of the gunfire are as of yet unknown.
In a briefing to journalists in the area, TFG official Colonel Ahmed Hassan Malin reported that 11 people were killed in the attack, with 15 more wounded. The bomb struck during a time of day when many people congregate in the area.
The Muna hotel, popular with Somali politicians, was also the location of a suicide bombing on August 24, 2010, which killed 32 people. Six TFG members of parliament lost their lives in in the attack.
