According to a police spokesman, a suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a well-liked beachfront area in the Somali capital on Saturday, resulting in at least 32 fatalities and multiple injuries.
According to Abdifatah Adan Hassan, there are about sixty-three injuries total, some of them serious.In the Abdiaziz neighbourhood of Mogadishu, there were several bodies and injured people visible in the video.
“Police report 32 killed in a Somali beach attack”
According to local media, al-Shabab militants, who hold sway over a sizable portion of central and southern Somalia, were responsible for the attack.The group, which has ties to al-Qaeda, has been fighting the UN-backed government in Somalia violently for almost 20 years.People were in a panic, an eyewitness told the AFP news agency, because “shooting started soon after the blast,” making it difficult to understand what was going on.
According to Abdilatif Ali, some individuals tried to run away from the scene, while others tried to find cover on the ground.”I observed casualties near the shore. It was difficult to tell who was still alive and who was dead because everyone was screaming in fear, he continued.According to Mr. Hasan, at least five persons carried out the attack; three others were slain and one attacker blew himself up.A police spokesperson told reporters in Mogadishu that one attacker had been apprehended alive.
[BBC]
