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Summary At least eight people were killed and several injured in a suicide bomb in Somali on Friday.
A suicide bomber killed at least eight people and severely wounded several more Thursday in a restaurant in the centre of Somalias capital Mogadishu, witnesses said.The attack, the latest in the war-ravaged city where Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents have vowed to topple the government, was one of the first to target several new upmarket restaurants set up by the Somali diaspora.The bomber targeted the Village Restaurant, run by Somalis who had returned to their country from Britain, an eatery popular with other influential Somalis as well as the few foreigners living in the city.The restaurant is opposite the National Theatre, and about a kilometre from the presidential palace.
