MOGADISHU — Ten people were killed in an attack by Shabaab jihadists on a beachfront restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu, a spokesman for the city authorities said on Friday.The dead included two gunmen from the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab jihadist group, Mogadishu city spokesman Abdifatah Halane said.Al-Shabaab jihadists attacked the Banadir Beach Restaurant close to the city’s Lido Beach, setting off a car bomb before exchanging fire with security forces.READ THIS: The terror never stops in the war on terrorThe restaurant is popular with young people and government officials. About 20 people managed to escape from the restaurant during the gunfight.By Friday morning officials said the attackers had been killed.All the "attackers have been gunned down and the restaurant is now under the full command of the Somali government soldiers", regional police commander Col Abshir Bishaar told the Somali National News Agency."The terrorist attack killed nine persons, five of them were...
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