Story highlights 7 journalists among the injured, ambulance official says

Explosions kill at least 21 people and injure 50 others, police say

Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) Extremist group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for two explosions Wednesday that police say killed at least 21 people and rocked the Somali capital.

At least 50 people were injured in the attack, said Capt. Abukar Osman with the Somali Police Force. Among the injured are seven journalists, according to Hussein Ali, an official of Mogadishu's ambulance services.

Four Al-Shabaab militants involved in the attack also died, Osman said.

The explosion of a truck bomb leaves destruction Wednesday in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.

Attackers detonated a truck bomb outside the gates of the Dayah Hotel -- which is near the country's Parliament building and popular with lawmakers and government officials -- before storming inside, Somali police Maj. Ahmed Ibrahim told CNN.

A second truck exploded nearby 15 minutes later, Ibrahim said.

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