{"id":8593,"date":"2014-05-26T00:22:32","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T04:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/?p=8593"},"modified":"2014-05-26T00:22:32","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T04:22:32","slug":"djibouti-suicide-attack-on-popular-restaurant-kills-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/8593","title":{"rendered":"Djibouti: Suicide attack on popular restaurant kills 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/628x471.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8595 alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/628x471-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/628x471-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/628x471-220x146.jpg 220w, http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/628x471.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>An explosion at a highly patronized restaurant in the capital of Djibouti on Saturday evening has killed 3 people and injured up to 15 others, according to local sources.<\/p>\n<p>The Interior Ministry has revealed that the attack was carried out by 2 Somali terrorists; suspected to be a male and a female. However, neither al Shabab nor any other group have owned up to it yet.<\/p>\n<p>Despite hosting several foreign militaries including the United States, France and the European Union naval force, Djibouti has been largely spared from the brunt of terrorist activities in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, experts have always raised concerns that the tiny Red Sea country is a target for the terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the injured from the recent attack are reported to be members of foreign militaries. Officials have noted that 4 of them are in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the attackers exploded two cars in front of the La Chaumiere Restaurant, which is highly patronised by foreigners.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of Police of Djibouti City, Colonel Omar Hassan, revealed that the attack was carried out using grenades.<\/p>\n<p>The President of Djibouti, Omar Guelleh, has promised to &#8216;hunt&#8217; the perpetrators of the deadly blast. &#8220;They will not get away with it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Terrorism and extremism are nemesis to peace and development&#8230;Djibouti will continue its fight geared towards uprooting terrorism and extremism,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the European Union Naval Force Somalia (EU-NAVFOR), the African Union (AU) and the Arab League have all condemned the recent attack and have vowed to continue to support efforts to restore peace to the region.<\/p>\n<p>Photo\/AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An explosion at a highly patronized restaurant in the capital of Djibouti on Saturday evening has killed 3 people and injured up to 15 others, according to local sources. The Interior Ministry has revealed that the attack was carried out<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/8593\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[44,2860,1],"tags":[318,54,2950,2954,4971,2949,2951,1302,2953,2952,282],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8593"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}