A car bomb exploded Thursday
in Mogadishu outside the gates of a hotel where Turkish
delegates were preparing for the visit to the Somali capital of
their president.
Three people were killed in the attack, including two
security officers and a hotel employee, police said.
None of the Turkish contingent at the SYL Hotel, located in
the heavily secured area near the presidential palace, was hurt
in the blast.
Al-Qaeda-linked militants often carry out attacks in
Mogadishu.
It will be President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's second visit to
Somalia.
He first visited as Turkey's prime minister during the
famine of 2011.
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