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Al-Shabab claims responsibility for deadly car bombing in Somalia
Mar 8, 2019
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Five people have been killed when a car laden with explosives blew up outside a restaurant, about 500 metres from the presidential palace.
The attack took place Thursday in the heart of the Somalian capital, Mogadfishu.
“The blast occurred at a checkpoint close to the National Theatre, we don’t have the details but there are casualties,” a security official said Thursday
Aside from those killed, another nine were wounded in the explosion, some serioiusly.
The al-Shabab militant group claimed responsibility for the bombing. Al-Shabab also claimed responsibility for the two suicide bombings last week which killed 36 people and wounded sixty.
The restaurant owner told local media a large number of guards from the presidential palace, and a number of security officers that man the security check-points frequent his restaurant.
