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15 killed in Mogadishu suicide bombing

Suicide bomb attack at Mogadishu restaurant
Suicide bomb attack at Mogadishu restaurant

At least 15 people were killed after two suicide bombers walked into a restaurant in central Mogadishu in Somalia and blew themselves up.

The incident happened less than a week after militant bombers targeted the country's new president.

The election of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud last week was hailed by his supporters as a vote for change in a country mired in conflict for more than two decades.

However the latest attacks underscore the security challenges the political newcomer faces as African forces battle to quash a five-year insurgency waged by the Islamist rebel group, al Shabaab.

The restaurant is owned by a well-known Somali businessman who returned to Somalia from Britain recently.