Four killed in Somalia blast

5 Dariya News

Mogadishu 01-Oct-2016

At least four persons were killed and several injured in an explosion outside a restaurant in the Somalia capital Mogadishu on Saturday, police said.A senior police official told Xinhua at the scene that a car laden with explosives detonated outside the Blue Sky Restaurant which is located near a prison run by the National Intelligence and Security Agency.A witness said that a huge explosion was heard followed by a large plume of smoke rising from the area.No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Somalia's Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab often carries out similar attacks in the country.