The Monday suspected suicide bombing outside a restaurant in Mogadishu capital of Somalia has at least kill 12 people and left plenty wounded.
The blast occurred at the entrance of the restaurant where a security guard stopped the suicide bomber before he had detonated himself,” said police officer Abdirahman Mohamed.
“Two people, including the guard of the restaurant, died in the blast,” he added.
Abdukadir Mohamed, a witness, said he saw two bodies and one injured persons who were rushed to the hospital. The restaurant, close to Mogadishu port, is popular with security officers and government officials working in the nearby area, who are regularly targeted for assassination by Islamist militants.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack