Five people were killed and 14 were injured in a car bomb attack on a hotel in central Somalia, and responsibility for the attack was claimed by jihadists of the Al-Shabaab group, local police said.
The hotel and surrounding buildings were destroyed in the attack, the police said, adding that the attack was in Johar, a city about 90 kilometers north of Mogadishu.
Five civilians were killed, including women who worked at the hotel and security guards.
The police added that among the injured were citizens who were not in the hotel but in nearby buildings.
The Al Shabaab movement was created in 2000 as a fusion of several Somali Islamist groups and Al Qaeda.
The group is known for attacks on Somalia's security forces, as well as hotels and other areas, mostly in the capital.
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