武裝分子襲擊索馬里酒店 至少20人喪生

Somali rescue workers say at least 20 people were killed and more than 50 injured Wednesday in an attack by militants on a Mogadishu hotel.

索馬里救護人員表示，武裝分子星期三對索馬里首都摩加迪沙的一間酒店發動襲擊，造成至少20人死亡，50餘人受傷。

Witnesses tell VOA's Somali Service that a truck bomb was detonated outside the Dayah Hotel just before 9 a.m. local time. Gunmen then stormed the damaged building, shooting at guests and exchanging gunfire with security forces.

目擊者告訴美國之音索馬里語言組說，當地時間早上近九點時，達亞酒店外一輛卡車上的炸彈被引爆，槍手隨即衝擊酒店，對酒店建築造成破壞，向酒店客人開槍，並與保安人員交火。

Islamic militant group al-Shabab, which has carried out similar attacks on hotels and key installations in the city, claimed responsibility for the attack on its website.

索馬里青年黨在網站上宣稱對此次襲擊負責。該組織此前曾對摩加迪沙的酒店和地標建築實施過類似襲擊。

About 40 minutes after the attack, a second explosion went off near the hotel. Witnesses told VOA's Somali Service the car which brought militant fighters to the hotel was detonated, possibly by remote control.

炸彈爆炸大約40分鐘後，酒店外又發生了第二次爆炸。目擊者告訴美國之音索馬里語言組說，武裝分子搭乘的汽車被炸燬，可能是通過遙控起爆。

At least seven journalists were among those injured in the second explosion, according to Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimu, Secretary General of National Union of Somali Journalists.

索馬里記者全國聯盟祕書長穆罕默德·易卜拉欣·莫阿利穆說，第二次爆炸至少造成7名記者受傷。