At least ten people were killed and several others injured in multiple blasts at a hotel near the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, witnesses said.

　　A Somali man walks past the entrance to the compound of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Mogadishu, Somalia Thursday, May 3, 2018. [Photo: IC]

　　A police officer at the scene said a vehicle loaded with explosives blew up in the compound of Hotel Sahafi before forcing its way into the building located near K-4 junction in Mogadishu.

　　Witnesses said the first blast hit the wall of Hotel Sahafi and the second car with explosives detonated between the hotel and CID, while a third car blew up on a small street behind the hotel.