At least 27 people have been confirmed dead and 35 wounded when fighters of Al-Shabaab Islamist terrorist group attacked two popular restaurants in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday night.
The siege which began Wednesday evening with a car bombing at the gates of the popular Posh Hotel in downtown Mogadishu frequented by foreigners. After a car bomb exploded at the hotel’s gates, gunmen fanned out to the Pizza House restaurant.
Six children were among those killed inside Pizza House. Dozens of others were taken hostage, according to local officials and the emergency services. Special forces rescued more than 50 hostages, according to the state news media.
“I saw several people lying on the ground,” said Yusuf Warsame, a freelance photojournalist who went to the scene.
“I personally counted the dead bodies of six people, including a young woman."
"Blood splattered across my clothes, and I had a piece of flesh on me, a people sitting around me were either dead or wounded," said Yare, a customer of Pizza House.
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