Somalia: Three killed as car bomb detonated outside Mogadishu restaurant

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MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 21, 2015 (Garowe Online)-At least three people were killed and five others were injured after a car bomb parked outside a restaurant in the Somali capital was detonated, police told Garowe Online Tuesday.

The blast targeted a small restaurant which is close to the presidential palace. Police sealed off the area as ambulances carried wounded victims to hospitals in the city.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.

Garowe Online will keep you posted for any updates as they come.

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