AL-SHABAAB KILL 37 IN BEACH ATTACK

At least 37 people have been killed and more than 60 injured in a suicide and gun attack at Lido beach in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. It’s the country’s deadliest terror attack in months.

The tranquility of the popular beach was violently interrupted when a suicide attacker blew himself up at the entrance of the Beach View Hotel. Officials say that some of the wounded are in critical condition and the number of dead could rise.

Al-Qaeda-linked group Al-Shabaab took responsibility for the attack via an affiliated radio station. The armed group has inflicted terror on Somalia for 17 years through bombings and attacks throughout the country in a bid to topple the government.

Earlier, in June, Somalia pleaded for a slower withdrawal of African peacekeeping mission (ATMIS) troops, currently scheduled to pull out completely by December.