Al-Shabab claims responsibility for attack on training mission in Somalia

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 Saturday attack on General Gordon military base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Al Jazeera reported.

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, one dying on arrival in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

The Sunni extremist group routinely carries out bombings in highly densely populated areas across the African country and its neighbor Kenya.