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A powerful car bomb exploded on Sunday evening in a crowded cafe in the center of the Somalia capital Mogadishu where people had gathered to watch the European Football Championship final, Somali media reported, citing a police representative.
«The first data from the police showed that five people were killed and about 20 were injured.police spokesman Abdifatah Aden Hassan told state media, according to the state news agency and public television.
This coffee shop is called “Top Cafe”. The European Football Championship final is shown on the big screenThe on-site video showed thick smoke billowing into the sky at the moment of the explosion.
The Shebaab (“Youth”), a jihadist group that has pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda, has repeatedly carried out bombings and other attacks in Mogadishu and other parts of the war-torn country.
Five prisoners believed to be members of the group were killed in a gunfight on Saturday while trying to escape from Mogadishu’s largest prison. Three prison guards were killed and 18 others were wounded, according to the prison department.
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