10 Confirmed Dead, 30 Injured In Mogadishu Car Bomb Attack
Several people are feared dead and over 30 injured after a car bomb blast has targeted a busy restaurant near Mogadishu seaport on Friday evening, Somali police said.
Police spokesman Sadaq Adan Ali confirmed the attack minutes after the explosion that an explosive-laden car hit the restaurant, adding investigations are underway to determine the damage.
However, paramedics reported that there are casualties in the attack.
Somali Information Ministry spokesman Ismail Mukhtar Oronjo said in a statement on Twitter: “A car bomb has exploded outside the Lul Yemeni restaurant near the port city of Mogadishu. Reports from Hamarjajab district in Benadir region say that there were casualties as a result of the blast.”
Suicide car bomb attack took place at Lul Yemeni restaurant in Mogadishu and casualties: Police
— SOMALI NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY -SONNA- (@SONNALIVE) March 5, 2021
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. But Somali-based al-Qaeda affiliated group al-Shabaab had claimed responsibility for several recent attacks in the country.
Taliska Booliska ayaa shaaciyay khasaarihii ka dhashay Weerarkii Argagixisanimo ee lala beegsaday Maqaayadda Luul Yamani.
Boolisku waxay xaqiijiyeen inay dhimateen 10 qof, 30 kalana ay ku dhaawacantay. pic.twitter.com/sFvBEMqQMx
— SOMALI NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY -SONNA- (@SONNALIVE) March 5, 2021
