A double car bombing has struck the Somalia capital, Mogadishu, which is still reeling from a massive attack that left hundreds dead earlier this month.

Police said a suicide car bomber first drove into a hotel on Saturday, following by a car bombing near a former parliament building.

Reuters news agency quoted a police officer as saying “the second car bomb occurred at the ex-parliament house where there were [military] forces”.

According to an Al Jazeera tally, since the start of this year, more than 20 explosions have targeted Mogadishu, killing at least 500 people and injuring more than 630.

A roadside explosion hit a minibus carrying passengers, 36km south of Mogadishu, on October 22, killing at least 11 people.

The devastating attack of October 14 left at least 358 people dead and more than 400 injured.

The Somali government blamed the October 14 blast on al-Shabab, but no group has claimed responsibility

Source: Al Jazeera News