2nd Mogadishu blast kills at least 8: witnesses

The second of two back-to-back car bomb explosions at a hotel in Mogadishu Wednesday killed at least eight people, including Somali soldiers, witnesses said.

The second of two back-to-back car bomb explosions at a hotel in Mogadishu Wednesday killed at least eight people, including Somali soldiers, witnesses said.

"I counted eight bodies, most of them soldiers," said witness Abdikarim Hassan. Police said the secondary blast struck as security forces were assisting the victims of the first explosion.