Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack in Somalia’s capital which left six others injured.Somali police patrol near the scene of a suicide bomber attack at a cafe in Mogadishu, Somalia, on October 17, 2024 [Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP Photo]
Seven people have been killed and six injured after a suicide bomber detonated an unidentified device at a cafe outside a police training school in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu.
According to police, both officers and civilians were among the victims, who had been drinking tea outside the General Kaahiye Police Academy on Thursday.
“The explosion occurred under trees where residents of the area spend time to rest,” a police statement said.
Al-Shabab, the armed group linked to al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack. The group frequently targets military and state institutions in its efforts to overthrow Somalia’s government, which has launched an ongoing offensive against it.
Resident Mohamed Ali told The Associated Press news agency that he heard a loud blast. “The cafe was full of people enjoying their tea, and then everything was chaos,” he said.
