ICC Note: Al-Shabaab gunmen detonated a car bomb and then began a gunfight with security forces at a beach restaurant in Somalia.  The group of radical Muslim fighters claimed responsibility for the attack as a form of rebellion against their Western-backed government. Al-Shabaab has carried out similar attacks in the past, which target Christians, especially in Kenya, where they have murdered hundreds in incessant bus hijackings improvised explosives attacks, and mass murder events.

08/27/2016, Somalia (AlJazeera) – At least 10 people have been killed after al-Shabab fighters attacked a beach restaurant in the capital Mogadishu with a car bomb before entering into a gunfight with security forces, according to police and the group.

“A car bomb exploded at Banadir beach restaurant at Lido beach and there is exchange of gunfire. We have no other details so far,” Major Ahmed Ibrahim, a police officer, told Reuters news agency on Thursday.

The al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group claimed responsibility for the attack.

“We attacked the Banadir beach restaurant and now our fighters are fighting inside it,” Abdiasis Abu Musab, its military operation spokesman, told Reuters.

The Associated Press news agency reported that a car bomber had prematurely detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the new Turkish embassy compound in the capital, according to a Somali police officer.

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