Somalia's Al-Shabab says it bombed Mogadishu eatery

The Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab has said it bombed a popular restaurant in the capital Mogadishu, killing 15 people, the group said it had attacked the Village restaurant because it is frequented by Somali MPs.

Explosions ripped through the restaurant in the lunchtime attack, which apparently involved a car bomb and a suicide bomber, local reports suggest a car bomb was detonated outside the restaurant, and that a suicide bomber then blew himself up among the crowd that gathered at the scene, the force of the blasts appeared to tear much of the roof off the restaurant, while numerous burnt-out vehicles could be seen in the vicinity.

source  bbc