[An Nahar] At least three people were killed and several maimed in twin attacks at a restaurant on the popular beachfront of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, witnesses and police said Friday.The blasts, the latest in a string of attacks in the war-ravaged city, were reportedly caused by a suicide kaboomer wearing a vest packed with explosives, followed by a boom-mobile.
"The man went
kaboom!when guards at the restaurant entrance tried to stop him... at least three people including the bomber died," said Hersi Adan, a security official who was near the scene of the attack.
"A few minutes later a car parked outside of the building went
kaboom!killing another and wounding seven."
The kaboom took place close to Mogadishu's famous Lido beach, which is usually crowded on weekends with families enjoying the beach, playing football or swimming in the Indian Ocean waves.
"The restaurant was busy... I saw the dead bodies of four including the bomber," said Muhudin Hassan, a witness.
Mohammed Abdullahi, a businessman who was inside the restaurant when the attack took place, said he saw the bodies of two security guards and at least nine other people were maimed.
"Many people who were maimed bravely ran away after the kaboom, so more might have been injured," he added.