MOGADISHU
Al Shabab, a radical Islamist organization, has claimed the responsibility for the blasts that rocked Somali capital Mogadishu Saturday, killing at least 20 people.
A web statement by the group said they attacked the restaurant called Feyic, a place mainly preferred by government officials. It said the attacks targeted Feylic restaurant owned by people who were in conncection with Western intelligence services and Al Shabab had warned people not to go to that restaurant many times previously.
Meanwhile Somalia's president Hassan Sheikh Mahmud in a written statement offerred condolences to family and friends of those who were killed in the blasts and Somalia's Foreign Ministry said the attacks were "cowardly and brutal".
Augustine Mahiga, UN Secretary General's Special Representative in Somalia also expressed sadness and said terrorist organizations interrupt peace process in Africa.
At least 20 people have been killed when two bombs targetted a restaurant in Mogadishu Saturday morning.
