Western Military Personnel Targeted In A Suicide Attack In Djibouti

Djibouti Says Somali Pair Suspected Of Bombing Restaurant Filled With Western Military -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Djibouti's Interior Ministry said on Sunday that two Somalis are suspected of having carried out a suicide bombing at a restaurant filled with Western military personnel on Saturday that killed three and wounded at least 15.

Several members of European Union naval and civilian maritime security missions were among those wounded in the attack, including three members of the Spanish military airforce.

The interior ministry did not say if any group was suspected of being responsible for the bombings, the first time such an attack has been carried out in the tiny Red Sea state.

Djibouti, host to a French military base and the only U.S. military base in Africa, shares its southern border with Somalia where the al Qaeda-linked group Al Shabaab continues to flourish as the government struggles to impose any order.

Al Shabaab is active inside Somalia but has also carried out

gun and bomb attacks abroad. Last year, the group killed 67 people at a Kenyan shopping mall.

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More News On Yesterday's Suicide Attack In Djibouti

Somalis suspected in Djibouti suicide bombing -- Al Jazeera
Djibouti cafe hit by bomb attack, several casualties reported -- AFP
3 killed in explosion at restaurant in Djibouti -- CNN
Deadly Blast in Djibouti -- VOA
Turkish national killed in Djibouti blast -- World Bulletin
Deadly attack on Djibouti restaurant -- BBC