At least five people were killed in a powerful explosion, attributed to a car bomb, at a crowded coffee shop in the center of the Somali capital Mogadishu, where people had gathered to watch the European soccer championship final on Sunday night, Somali media reported, citing a spokesman. police.

“The first figures (of the investigation) by the police speak of five dead and about twenty wounded,” police spokesman Abdifattah Aden Hassan told state media, according to the national news agency and public television.

The cafe, called Top Cafe, was broadcasting the match on a big screen when the attack took place. Footage from the scene shows the moment of the explosion and thick smoke billowing into the sky.

Shebab (“Youth”), a jihadist group that pledges allegiance to al-Qaeda, has repeatedly carried out bombings and other attacks in Mogadishu and other parts of the war-torn country.

Last Saturday, five prisoners, believed to be members of the organization, were killed in an exchange of fire during an escape attempt from Mogadishu’s largest prison. According to the prison service, three guards were killed and 18 others were injured.