Eleven dead, 16 wounded in Somalia bomb blast: medics

The scene of a suicide explosion after Al Shabaab militia stormed a government building in Mogadishu, Somalia on March 23, 2019. PHOTO | REUTERS 

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• Witnesses described scenes of devastation, with several people wounded as they were eating lunch.

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At least 11 people died when a bomb exploded on a busy street and ripped into a nearby restaurant in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Thursday, medics said.

"The death toll we have confirmed so far is 11 people, with 16 others wounded," said Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan, director of the Aamin Ambulance service, adding that the toll could still rise. "There could be more losses."

Witnesses described scenes of devastation, with several people wounded as they were eating lunch.