A car bomb was detonated on Sunday in Mogadishu in Somalia, killing nine people and injuring at least 20.

 The bomb went off outside a popular cafĂ© in the city, where people were watching the final of the European Football Championship, played between Spain and England.

The jihadi group Al-Shabab claimed responsibility.

Initial reports said five people had been killed, but sources later said the death total had risen to nine.

Al-Shabab is the Horn of Africa offshoot of Al-Qaeda, and has carried out a number of terrorist attacks in the region in the past.

[Photo: Stree in Mogashu/flickr]


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