“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack on Lido Beach in Mogadishu on Friday, which resulted in many casualties. He expresses his condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a speedy recovery to the injured,” said Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the World Organization.
The statement said, “The United Nations also supports the government and people of Somalia in the war against terrorism and extremism.”
Somali authorities announced today, Saturday, that at least 32 people were killed and 63 others were injured in a “terrorist attack” attributed to the “Al-Shabaab” movement on Lido Beach in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
Somali police confirmed that “security forces were able to neutralize five terrorists from the Al-Shabaab movement who attacked Lido Beach on Friday evening. There were six terrorists but one of them blew himself up at the beginning of the attack. Security forces evacuated many civilians trapped in the area.”
In 2022, the Somali government and allied forces began a campaign to expel the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab movement. [الإرهابي المحظور في روسيا وعدد كبير من الدول] From some areas in the center of the country, but the movement continues to launch major attacks.
For several years, Somalia has been witnessing a bloody conflict between government forces and militants from the Al-Shabaab movement, which seeks to control this country located in the Horn of Africa region and rule it according to its strict interpretation of Islamic law.
The Somali government is intensifying its military operations against the movement’s extremist positions.
Source:RT
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2024-08-05 05:44:02
