Morning aftermath of bombing targeting busy café in the Somali capital

(15 Jul 2024)
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July 15 2024 – Mogadishu, Somalia
1. Wide people looking at debris
2. Various of destroyed vehicles
2. Various of people looking at debris
3. Mid of destroyed building
4. Close-up of blood on the pavement
5. Mid of destroyed cars
6. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Mohamud Salad, a staff member at the coffee shop:
"We have confirmed five deaths so far and twenty others wounded. Most of the casualties were among those who were outside. Fortunately, everyone inside survived, but there was extensive damage to vehicles and properties."
4. Various of destruction
STORYLINE:
Five people have been killed in a bombing outside a café on Sunday in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, police have confirmed.

People were watching the European soccer final between Spain and England on a screen inside the café when a car loaded with explosives blew up outside, said Maj. Abdifitah Aden Hassa, spokesman for Somali police. He told reporters that at least 20 other people were injured in the attack.

It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack.

Attacks by the Islamic militant group al-Shabab are frequently reported in Mogadishu and elsewhere in Somalia. The group opposes Somalia’s federal government, which depends on the support of foreign troops to stay in power.

Somalia’s government is conducting a high-profile offensive against the extremist group, which the U.S. has described as one of al-Qaida’s deadliest organisations.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has declared “total war” against the extremists, who control large parts of central and southern Somalia and have been the target of scores of U.S. airstrikes in recent years.

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