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Two people dead in  Mogadishu suicide bombing at popular restaurant 

Storyline:National News

Suicide bomb attack has killed two people and injured four others in Mogadishu, hours after three Al-Shabab fighters were killed in an attack the group staged on Police station in Mogadishu.

A suicide bomber attacked a popular restaurant, The Village which is opposite Somali national Theatre on Saturday, killing himself and another person.

Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said on its twitter “One civilian killed and two other wounded”

There was no immediate claim of responsibility but officials will likely pin the blame on the armed group Al-Shabab which has killed hundreds in its bid to create a nation adhering to Islamic law.

it is the third time suicide bombers attacking this  restaurant.

The Al-Shabab, who has recently lost a string of key bases in the face of an offensive by the African Union’s AMISOM force, has stepped up counter attacks and explosion in a bid to topple Somali government.