武装分子袭击索马里酒店 至少20人丧生

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.

索马里救护人员表示，武装分子星期三对索马里首都摩加迪沙的一间酒店发动袭击，造成至少20人死亡，50余人受伤。

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.

目击者告诉美国之音索马里语言组说，当地时间早上近九点时，达亚酒店外一辆卡车上的炸弹被引爆，枪手随即冲击酒店，对酒店建筑造成破坏，向酒店客人开枪，并与保安人员交火。

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.

索马里青年党在网站上宣称对此次袭击负责。该组织此前曾对摩加迪沙的酒店和地标建筑实施过类似袭击。

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.

炸弹爆炸大约40分钟后，酒店外又发生了第二次爆炸。目击者告诉美国之音索马里语言组说，武装分子搭乘的汽车被炸毁，可能是通过遥控起爆。

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.

索马里记者全国联盟秘书长穆罕默德·易卜拉欣·莫阿利穆说，第二次爆炸至少造成7名记者受伤。