A suicide bombing took place on a beach in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, on Friday. At least 37 people were killed and 212 injured, said Health Minister Ali Haji Adan. According to local media, the Islamist terrorist organization Al-Shabaab, allied with Al-Qaeda, was responsible for the attack.
On Mogadishu's Lido Beach, a popular beach for Somali officials and businessmen, a suicide bomber attacked the area Friday evening. After the suicide bomber blew himself up, other attackers opened fire on random people.
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A police official said Somali security forces killed five al-Shabaab members.
Health Minister Ali Haji Adan told a news conference Saturday afternoon that at least 37 people had been killed and 212 injured, 11 of whom were in critical condition.
Attack in MogadishuFeisal Omar / Reuters / Forum
Terror in Somalia
It was the bloodiest attack in Somalia since October 2022, when car bomb explosions killed more than 100 people and injured 300.
According to local authorities, the attack was carried out by the Islamist terrorist organization Al-Shabaab, which is allied with Al-Qaeda. The group has been fighting for years to impose a fundamentalist version of Islam on Somalia. In the past two years, it has carried out numerous terrorist attacks in areas controlled by the central government.
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