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1st LD: Gunmen storm beach restaurant in Somalia's Mogadishu

Xinhua, August 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

Gunmen stormed a restaurant in the Somali capital Mogaidshu on Thursday and gunfire is ongoing after a suicide car bomb earlier exploded at the restaurant, police sources and witnesses said.

The suicide car bomb exploded at the Banadir Beach Club and Restaurant on the Lido beach, witnesses said.

There was no immediate word on casualties.

Police sources said security forces were exchanging fire with Al-Shabaab militants who were still inside the hotel.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but the Al-Shabaab Islamist group frequently carries out attacks in Somalia, moslty in Mogadishu, in its fight against the government. Endit