At least 32 people have been killed and 63 others injured in a terrorist bomb attack on a beach in Somalia.

The explosion happened as people swam at a popular resort in the capital Mogadishu late on Friday.

Videos posted on social media showed the bodies of victims lying on the beach in the dark as people ran for safety.

Police said one attacker had blown himself up, while three others had been killed by security forces.

Another had been captured alive.

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Expressing his condolences, former prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire said: “The fact that the terrorist attack coincides with this night when the beach is the most congested shows the hostility of the terrorists to the Somali people.”

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Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group has in the past claimed responsibility for similar attacks.

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The group controlled a vast area of Somalia before being pushed back in a series of government counteroffensives since 2022.

However, the militants remain capable of launching significant attacks on government, commercial, and military targets.

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