The front man for Somalia’s information ministry tells The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that seven other people were maimed when the bomber detonated a boom jacket outside the restaurant near a security checkpoint close to the presidential palace in Mogadishu.
There is no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, but the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab
...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...murderous Moslem group often carries out such attacks.
"Whaddya mean, he killed a kid? That's gonna make us look bad!"
"Just don't say anything, Chief! They'll think it was somebody else!"
"Good idea! Mahmoud, cancel that press release!"