At Least 20 Killed by Suicide Car Bomb Near Restaurant in Somalia Capital

At Least 20 Killed by Suicide Car Bomb Near Restaurant in Somalia Capital
Ambulances are seen near the scene of a car bomb explosion in the Kilometre 4 area of Mogadishu, Somalia, on Jan. 31, 2021. Feisal Omar/Reuters
Reuters
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MOGADISHU—At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded by a suicide car bomb just outside a restaurant near the port in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu late on Friday, an emergency services official said.

The blast sent plumes of smoke into the sky and triggered gunfire, witnesses and state-owned media reported.