Al Qaeda's East Africa affiliate, al-Shabab, said through its radio that its fighters carried out the attack.
Police in Somalia said Saturday that 32 people died and 63 others were wounded in an attack on a beach hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, the previous evening. Al Qaeda 's East Africa affiliate, al-Shabab, said through its radio that its fighters carried out the attack.Police spokesperson Maj. Abdifatah Adan Hassan told journalists that one soldier was killed in the attack and that the rest were civilians. Another soldier was also wounded in the attack, Hassan said.
Another witness, Abdisalam Adam, told the AP that he 'saw many people lying on the ground' and had helped take some wounded people to the hospital.The Lido Beach area has in the past been targeted by militants allied to al-Shabab. The most recent attack last year killed nine people.In a separate attack on Saturday, state media reported that seven people died after a passenger vehicle hit a roadside bomb some 40 kilometers from the capital.
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