“There are reports a second eatery, the Liido Seafood restaurant, was also attacked. It is popular with Mogadishu’s elite and government officials.” That is almost certainly why it was targeted.
“Gunmen Attack Beach Restaurant In Somalia,” Sky News, January 21, 2016:
Gunmen have attacked a beachside restaurant in the Somali capital, setting off two car bombs and battling government soldiers.
The al Shabaab militant group said it was behind the attack on the Beach View Cafe on Mogadishu’s Lido beach.
“We are inside and control the cafe,” Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, the group’s military spokesman, said.
“There are many casualties lying inside and outside the cafe.”
There are reports a second eatery, the Liido Seafood restaurant, was also attacked. It is popular with Mogadishu’s elite and government officials.
The first car bomb went off around dusk, police said, before the second blast about an hour later.
Government forces went into the restaurant after the first explosion.
Major Farah Abdulle, a police officer at the scene, said: “We cannot know the number of casualties inside.”…

Janeatte says
Muslims if they don’t find enemy they fight them self .becase the evil spirit of their religion is Satan
Dan Jones says
Peaceful followers of a pedophile leader….
sidney penny says
gunmen,gunmen,gunmen
that is all skynews think of.
or
al Shabaab,al Shabaab,al Shabaab
or
militant group,militant group,militant group
How about
Islamic group or Muslims
Michael Copeland says
Random senseless violence….. completely isolated incidents
(Copyright Obamaspeak).
13pr108 says
Isn’t jihad supposed to be an inner struggle to purify mind and body? It is impossible to be religious so long as terror exists. Africa is an extremely beautiful landmass and has tremendous potential.
Robin Rosenblatt says
The Question: Do we support Good or Evil; Light or Darkness; Freedom or Slavery; Democracy or 7 Century Tribal Rule. Israel or Islam. WE SUPPORT ISRAEL