Car explodes near hotel in Somali capital - police

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A vehicle parked near a hotel and a cafe in the centre of the Somali capital exploded on Sunday evening, a police officer said.

(Reuters)

"It is too early to know about casualties," police officer Major Nuur Farah told Reuters. Security forces sealed off the area, on a main thoroughfare running through Mogadishu. Ambulance sirens were heard soon after the blast.

(Reporting by Abdi Sheikh; Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)