By AFPMore by this AuthorAt least 15 people died when a bomb exploded on a busy street and ripped into a nearby restaurant in Somalia's capital on Thursday, medics said. Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan, director of the Aamin Ambulance service, said that 15 people had been killed, as well as several more wounded by the ferocious blast. "The car bomb struck a restaurant along the road," said Abdulahi Osman, who was nearby to the explosion. "I saw 16 people carried from the blast scene -- and more than 10 of them were already dead," Osman added. Shabaab fighters fled fixed positions they once held in Mogadishu in 2011, and have since lost many of their strongholds.

Source: Daily Nation March 28, 2019 12:00 UTC