The police said that the bombing occurred the day before, in a place near a military academy and was claimed by the Islamist group Al Shabaab, linked to the terrorist organization Al Qaeda.

According to the witnesses, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a suburb where residents lingered in a cafe under trees and targeted military personnel on the scene.

Al Shabaab attacks against different facilities in the capital, including hotels, have already left hundreds of civilians and military dead.

Last August, the activation of a bomb by a suicide bomber in front of the Beach View Hotel, was considered a massacre, as it left 37 dead and more than 240 wounded.

In 2016, Al Shabaab, with a car bomb and machine gun fire, attacked a hotel in Lido Beach, killing 20 persons, and in 2020, another similar action left 11 deaths.

right there, in 2023, the radical group killed six civilians and three military personnel.

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