Somalia: Deadly Car Bomb Blast Hits Mogadishu Restaurant

Several government soldiers and civilians were killed in a bomb blast in a downtown area of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, officials say. Somalia has recently suffered multiple attacks by al-Shabab Islamists.

The car bomb exploded in front of a restaurant popular among government officials in Somalia's capital city, at lunchtime on Tuesday.

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