Monday August 3, 2020
MOGADISHU (HOL) - Five people, including two security guards are reported dead after a suicide bomb ripped through a popular restaurant in Mogadishu on Monday.
Police said a suicide bomber detonated a bomb after he was forced to stop as he tried to gain entry into Luul Yemani restaurant which is popular with government officials.
The restaurant is believed to be frequented by government security forces.
The attacker declined to stop and instead detonated his suicide vest leading to the casualties, police said.
The attack comes barely a month after another attack targeting the revenue office of the port which killed at least five people.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but the militant group al-Shabaab has conducted such attacks in the city.
Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack on their media platform Radio Andalus.