Military at the site of an explosion in the Somali capital Mogadishu. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 22At least six people were killed in an explosion near a restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, Garowe Online reported, citing a source. 
The head of the Somali Foreign Ministry said that he was assassinatedAccording to the source of the portal, senior officers of the Somali army were among the dead.According to Somali media, the Al-Shabab radical group took responsibility for the explosion. The radical Islamist group Al-Shabab (Young Mujahideen Movement), based in Somalia, has close ties to the international terrorist organization Al-Qaeda*. It wages an armed struggle against the central government of Somalia and obstructs the humanitarian activities of the UN. The United States regularly strikes Al-Shabab positions.* A terrorist group banned in Russia.
Militants attacked a Kenyan military base in southern Somalia
