The terrorist attack in Somalia. Among the dead are women and children – Polish Radio

The attack admitted to Al-Shabab, the Islamist group linked to al-Qaida. The same organization attacked last week staying in Somalia Kenyan troops belonging to the peacekeepers. Islamists boasted that they killed approx. 100 Kenyans and seized weapons and military vehicles. The government in Nairobi said only that there were fatalities.

 

The terrorists attacked the premises on Thursday evening and barricaded themselves inside. Police seized the situation on Friday morning after several hours of action.

 

The officers saved a lot of people who were trapped in the restaurant Beach View on the popular beach of Lido – he told the AP agency quoted a police representative Mohamed Hussein.

 

It is not clear whether his balance presented by the victims – more than 20 dead – takes into account the attackers also killed during the police intervention.

 

Reuters and AFP, quoting other representatives of the local police, they say appropriately at least 17 and 19 victims fatal attack, including women and children.

 

According to witnesses, the terrorists shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is great) stormed on Thursday evening beside the sea restaurant. They came from the sea, having returned earlier shots to customers staying in front of business premises, for barbed wire.

 

At dusk on Thursday, al-Shabab zdetonowało first car trap, and the second exploded an hour later in the vicinity of the center of Mogadishu, when the army attacked circled the restaurant.

 

pp / PAP