Al-Shabab claims deadly attack in Somali capital

The al Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab claimed an attack that killed three Emirati troops and a Bahraini military officer on a training mission at a military base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)

The al Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab claimed an attack that killed four Emirati troops and a Bahraini military officer on a training mission at a military base in the Somali capital, authorities said on Sunday.

Saturday’s attack targeted the troops at the General Gordon Military Base in Mogadishu.