Police have reported that 3 people were killed when two suspected suicide bombers struck separately in the Southern Somali City of Baidoa on Saturday.
Al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab militants, claimed responsibility for the twin attacks.
“What seems to be two suicide bombers blew themselves up in two restaurants in Baidoa. So far we know three civilians have died,” Ali Aden, a police officer in the city said.
The Al Shabaab militants had targeted the two restaurants because they were frequented by government troops, Abdiasis abu Musab, the group’s spokesman for military operations.
The attacks follow a U.S. airstrike against al Shabaab militants in Haradere, a district in Galmudug region.