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MOGADISHU, Nov 29 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — At least seven people have died and 10 others wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a restaurant on Friday night.
The attack happened at Gelato Divino, a popular ice cream parlour.
Among those killed in the attack include was a man who works for the Somali Embassy in Somalia identified as Bishar Abdukadir who left Ethiopia Friday morning.
According to the Banadir Regional Administration Spokesman Salah Hassan Omar, Salah Dheere the injured are receiving treatment in the nearby hospital.
“We have lost seven people and more than ten others injured most of those killed are very young people,” he said.
In a statement posted on its online affiliate media, the Al-Shabaab terror group claimed resposibility for the attack.
Alqaeda linked Alshabab have been fighting in Somalia to overthrow the UN-backed fragile government and establish their own interpretation of Sharia law.
Despites lossing many territories including the capital, al-Shabaab is still capable of carrying out deadly attacks on the military bases and major towns in the horn of Africa nation and its neighbours including Kenya. — NNN-ALLAFRICA Dalsan Radio.