The death toll from an attack late on Thursday by Islamic militants on a seaside restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 10, police said. The attackers set off a car bomb at the Banadir restaurant at the city's Lido beach before engaging security forces in a fight for several hours. The casualties comprised six civilians, two members of the security forces and two of the attackers, Ali Abdullahi, a police officer, said on Friday. Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab claimed the attack, which ended at around 3:00 a.m. local time, police said. One of those wounded in the explosion in Baardhere town in Gedo region was the local district commissioner, police said.

Source: dna August 26, 2016 08:41 UTC