Car blast kills 11 people in Mogadishu restaurant

KUWAIT, April 21 (KUNA) -- A car bomb on Tuesday exploded outside a popular restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
Eleven people have been confirmed dead in the explosion and others have been seriously injured, the BBC reported.
Banooda restaurant is in front of the Central Hotel, which is often frequented by politicians.
Militants from the Al-Shabab Islamist group often attack hotels, restaurants and government complexes in the city.
Earlier on Monday a suicide bomb attack on a United Nations vehicle in Garowe, the main city in Somalia's Puntland region, killed seven people, including four workers of the UN children's fund, UNICEF. (end) mt