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The newspaper La Jornada
Monday, July 15, 2024, p. 28

Mogadishu. Five people were killed and 20 others injured in a car bomb explosion that devastated a popular cafe in Mogadishu yesterday during the broadcast of the Euro-2024 final, local media reported, citing Somali police. A car bomb was detonated tonight in front of the Top Coffee Restaurant […] planted by Kharijite terroriststhe official news agency said, using the term used by authorities to refer to the al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group al-Shabab. The cafe was packed with people watching the Euro 2024 soccer final, local media reported, showing images of a huge fireball and plumes of smoke. Al-Shabab has waged a bloody insurgency against Somalia’s fragile federal government for more than 17 years, with numerous bombings in Mogadishu and elsewhere.