Survivors relive terror after 17 killed in gun siege at Somalia restaurant

At least 17 people were killed in a night-long siege of a popular Mogadishu restaurant by al-Shabab Islamic extremists which was ended on Thursday morning by security forces.

Survivors relive terror after 17 killed in gun siege at Somalia restaurant

At least 17 people were killed in a night-long siege of a popular Mogadishu restaurant by al-Shabab Islamic extremists which was ended on Thursday morning by security forces.

Survivors described harrowing scenes in which the attackers hunted patrons of the popular Pizza House in the capital. The injured were taken to hospital by ambulance.

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