Blast at busy restaurant kills 15, wounds 20 in Somali city
Posted February 19, 2022 6:00 am
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Police say at least 15 people are dead after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a crowded restaurant during lunch hour in Beledweyne, the capital of Somalia's Hiran region.
The dead were mostly civilians, and 20 other people were wounded, police spokesman Dini Roble Ahmed told The Associated Press by phone.
The blast caused 'œhuge damage,'ť he said.
The al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility.
The explosion comes amid Somalia's long-delayed and often tense election process.
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