6 feared killed by Al-Shabab in Somalia restaurant attack

Tragedy struck at a restaurant in the southern Somali town of Baidoa when a bomb detonated by the dreaded Al-Shabab militants killed no fewer than six customers who came to patronise the eatery.

The militants, who are allied to al-Qaeda, said that they were targeting tax collectors, who were holding a meeting at the restaurant, and soldiers.

There was also a suicide bomb attack close to the port of the capital, Mogadishu, which injured at least seven people with the militant group later claiming that it was behind both incidents.

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Reports say the suicide bomber driving the car tried to hit a police post in front of the port but the security forces shot him and the vehicle exploded.

Two police officers and five passers-by were wounded.

“Metal debris fell all over us inside the port and we heard gunfire,” a port worker told Reuters.

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