Four UAE Troops Dead in Somalia Attack by Al-Qaeda Affiliate

The United Arab Emirates said four of its troops and a Bahraini officer were killed while training the Somali army, in an attack claimed by Islamist militant group al-Shabaab.

Another person was wounded in the “terrorist act” in the Horn of Africa nation as they were “fulfilling their mission to train and qualify” Somali soldiers, the UAE’s state-run WAM news agency said, citing the defense ministry.