At least 5 killed in bombing targeting a busy café in the Somali capital, police say

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A bombing outside a café Sunday in the Somali capital of Mogadishu killed at least five people, police said.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A bombing outside a café Sunday in the Somali capital of Mogadishu killed at least five people, police said.

Pictures posted online and purporting to be from the scene showed a fire burning outside the café in the aftermath of the explosion. Attacks by the Islamic militant group al-Shabab are frequently reported in Mogadishu and elsewhere in Somalia. The group opposes Somalia's federal government, which depends on the support of foreign troops to stay in power.That calm was broken on Saturday with an attempted jailbreak by inmates inside a Mogadishu prison.

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