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Time. conor, thank you very much. in somalia, the terrorist group al shabab has gone on the attack again. this time a police official saying five islamic terrorists struck a mogadishu hotel, popular with government officials and some lawmakers. the attack happened at day break. first a suicide car bomb detonated outside, then men with ak-47s and hand grenades stormed inside. in all, six people were killed, ten others hurt. >> translator: big explosion, busy taking photos when a vehicle filled with explosives was beside me. i survived the incident and now my condition is improving. >> i polic...

Where one mall goes to the other. i see one woman walking away now limping, covered in a sheet. i see three or four people on the ground being treated by paramedics. but i have a feeling there are more off to the left where i can't see, which is where that explosion was just across the street from me. it was a pretty big explosion. i could see there were a bunch of people piled around what may have been a trash can or something there across the street. i'm not entirely sure. >> describe the scene of where this took place, matt, for someone who isn't perhaps familiar with the boston area. is th...

Having gone there for what is supposed to be a very -- almost a joyous occasion in a way where your brother is doing something so difficult, and instead this happens. >> i believe my brother is fine because he was a good 45 minutes away from the finish line. we're trying to contact my other brother and his kids now because they were somewhere on the other side of the street. we're hoping they're okay and they should be okay because we think they're another block or two down on the other side. but it is tough to get phone signals out now. i was lucky enough to get to you. i have three other fam...

>> okay. matt, take us back, describe to us where you were. you were waiting for your brother. he's running in the marathon. you said he still had about 45 minutes to go. tell us again what was your vantage point and describe the scene right before and right after you heard these explosions. >> sure, i was on boylston avenue, where the runners make their final mile to the finish line. it is packed with runners on the street and spectators on both sides. but 30 minutes ago at there point, i guess, there was a big explosion about 100 yards toward the finish line from where i was standing. it was...

Where were i could see on either side. >> was it an explosion from an city infrastructure, gas line or generator or something along those lines or did it look like something obviously much more serious, much more sinister, some sort of foul play? >> my first instinct is it was some type of pipeline or manholes exploding because it looked like it was coming from the sidewalk itself as opposed to anything on top of it. but i didn't have a great look at it. that's my first gut instinct on what it was. i did hear some people say watch out for the trash cans, they heard it was the trash cans, but t...