<p>Somalia's Islamist Shebab militants killed at least 19 people when five gunmen detonated a bomb before storming a popular seaside restaurant in the capital Mogadishu, police said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"They killed nearly 20 people, including women and children," Somali police officer Mohamed Abdirahman said, describing it as a "barbaric and brutal attack against innocent civilians".<br /><br />After a huge explosion, gunmen burst into the restaurant last evening as diners were sitting down for their evening meal.<br /><br />The Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab have claimed responsibility for the attack, in which four of their gunmen were also killed, and one captured. <br /></p>
<p>Somalia's Islamist Shebab militants killed at least 19 people when five gunmen detonated a bomb before storming a popular seaside restaurant in the capital Mogadishu, police said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"They killed nearly 20 people, including women and children," Somali police officer Mohamed Abdirahman said, describing it as a "barbaric and brutal attack against innocent civilians".<br /><br />After a huge explosion, gunmen burst into the restaurant last evening as diners were sitting down for their evening meal.<br /><br />The Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab have claimed responsibility for the attack, in which four of their gunmen were also killed, and one captured. <br /></p>