Suicide bombers strike!

MOGADISHU, (AP):A police official says a security guard died while fending off suicide bombers who were trying to storm into a popular Mogadishu restaurant yesterday.

According to the police, security guards at the gate of The Village restaurant shot at the two suicide bombers who tried to enter without going through the security check.

The police said the bombers detonated their explosives killing one guard. The blast shattered the restaurant's glass windows and punctured the tyres of luxury cars parked outside.

The attack was likely carried out by the Islamist extremist rebels of al-Shabab which has been fighting the Somali government for nearly five years.