Al Shabaab said its members set off two car bombs at the Beach View Cafe on Mogadishu’s popular Lido beach and engaged in a gun battle with government troops for several hours.
The police confirmed that the operation ended at 3am and at least 17 civilians were killed.
Police said al Shabaab fighters set off the first car bomb at dusk while a second blast, which witnesses said echoed around the city center, struck about an hour later as government soldiers launched a counter
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