15-July-2024″ The damage caused by last night’s explosion in Mogadishu has increased
A car bomb has exploded outside a cafe in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, killing at least nine and injuring several others as patrons were watching the final of the Euro 2024 football tournament on TV, the government said
The al-Qaeda-linked armed group, al-Shabab, has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s deadly attack via an affiliated radio station, saying the bombing targeted a place where security and government workers meet at night
Mohamed Yusuf, an official from the national security agency, told AFP news agency on Monday that nine people have been killed in the incident, raising the official death toll of five given by the authorities late on Sunday.
Nine civilians were killed and 20 others wounded in the explosion,” he said
There were many people inside the restaurant, most of them youth who were watching the football match… but thanks to God, most of them made their way out safely after using ladders to climb up and jump over the backside perimeter wall,” Yusuf added
Images posted online showed a huge fireball and plumes of smoke billowing into the night sky as the explosion ripped through the popular restaurant in the centre of the city on Sunday
Police officer Mohamed Salad had rushed to the scene a few minutes after the blast and told AFP that several bodies were discovered under the debris.
How was it reacted?
A strong reaction resulted from the suicide attack by Al-Shabaab last night in the capital city of Mogadishu, especially the Top Coffee restaurant located in Boondheere District, which showed one of the serious issues of the Al-Shabaab group. who conspired.
The former president of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, who issued a press release, said that this attack shows the hostility he said the Khawarij have towards the Somali youth and businessmen, when looking at the target area.
“This attack shows the hostility of the terrorist groups towards our youth who are the future of the country and the businessmen who have invested in the country,” said the former president of the country’s Transitional Government.