Aftermath of deadly restaurant blast in Mogadishu

An explosives-laden vehicle has detonated outside a restaurant in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu.

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byAbdulateef Ahmed

September 7, 2025

Paramedics carry away the dead body of civilian killed after an explosion outside a restaurant in Mogadishu, on March 28, 2019. - A large bomb exploded in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on March 28, 2019, with security officials and witnesses reporting bodies strewn on the ground as plumes of smoke rose high into the air. A Somali police officer says an explosives-laden vehicle has detonated outside a restaurant in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. (Photo by MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB / AFP)

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