The aegis armament took ascendancy of the restaurant just afore dawn, said Capt. Mohamed Hussein, speaking from the arena of the advance in Mogadishu.
It was not bright whether Hussein's address of added than 20 dead included the assailants.
Blasts and bursts of battery could be heard as Somali appropriate armament went from allowance to allowance advancing the al-Shabab gunmen who were holed up central the restaurant.Hussein said the aegis armament rescued abounding humans who had been trapped central the restaurant's hall, area a affair was demography abode if the advance started on Thursday.
Witnesses said that gunmen shouted "Allahu akbar," the Arabic byword for "God is great," and entered the restaurant from the administration of the bank as clients, sitting abaft razor wire, watched the seashore.
"They about accursed at humans sitting abreast the bank afore entering the restaurant," said attestant Ahmed Nur, who was aimless forth the bank if the advance happened.
Islamic agitator accumulation al-Shabab claimed albatross for the attack, in a advertisement on its online radio backward Thursday.
Al-Shabab attacked Kenyan peacekeepers in southwestern Somalia endure week. The al-Qaida-linked accumulation said it had dead about 100 Kenyans and bedeviled weapons and aggressive vehicles. The Kenyan government has accustomed no afterlife toll, but said there were some fatalities.
Despite getting pushed out of Somalia's above cities and towns, al-Shabab continues to barrage baleful guerrilla attacks beyond the Horn of Africa country. African Union troops, government admiral and foreigners are frequently targeted.
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