At least 10 people have been killed and more than 20 people injured when a car bomb exploded near a cafe in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, police say.

A police commander told the BBC it was a suicide attack.

The vehicle was parked close to the Hotel Muna, often frequented by Somali politicians and itself the target of an attack by militants in August 2010.

Nobody has claimed responsibility for the blast which took place in the late afternoon local time.

The BBC's Mohammed Dhore in Mogadishu says that seven people died at the scene, and three more after being taken to hospital.

Our correspondent says many of the injured have been hurt seriously.

Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militant group al-Shabab has staged several suicide attacks in Mogadishu after being pushed out last August by the Somali government and African Union troops.

Source: BBC News

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