An employee near the Mogadishu mayor's office was targeted by a suicide attack

 
Somali police confirmed that a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded restaurant near the Mogadishu mayor's office on Tuesday afternoon

According to a statement issued by the police, a man wearing an explosive vest targeted a restaurant near the mayor's office in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing three people and wounding two others.

The mayor's office is located about one and a half kilometers from the presidential palace in Mogadishu, in an area subject to heavy security guarding.