At least five people, including four Emirati troops and a Bahraini military officer, have been killed in an attack in Somalia.
Al-Qaeda-linked armed group Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack on a training mission at a military base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities said on Sunday.
The attack on Saturday targeted troops at the General Gordon military base. Details, including the number of casualties, remain scarce. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud offered his condolences to the UAE.
The UAE’s Ministry of Defence initially announced the death of three of its troops and a Bahraini soldier in a “terrorist act,” adding only that two others were wounded.
It added that one of the injured had died on arrival in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
Anwar Gargash, a senior Emirati diplomat, offered condolences to those killed and a quick recovery for those wounded.
Bahrain, an island nation in the Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia, did not immediately acknowledge the attack.
Credit: aljazeera.com
