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At Least 32 People Killed in Somalia Beach Attack

Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack in Mogadishu on August 3, 2024. (Photo by Hassan Ali ELMI / AFP)
Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack in Mogadishu on August 3, 2024. (Photo by Hassan Ali ELMI / AFP)
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At Least 32 People Killed in Somalia Beach Attack

Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack in Mogadishu on August 3, 2024. (Photo by Hassan Ali ELMI / AFP)
Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack in Mogadishu on August 3, 2024. (Photo by Hassan Ali ELMI / AFP)

At least 32 people were killed and 63 others injured in a beach attack in Somalia's capital Mogadishu late Friday, police said on Saturday.

"Over 32 civilians died in the restaurant attack," police spokesperson Abdifatah Aden told a press conference, adding that one attacker had blown himself up while three others had been killed. One attacker was captured alive, he added.

Al-Qaeda’s East Africa affiliate, al-Shabab, said through its radio that its fighters carried out the attack.

The explosion occurred while residents were swimming on Lido beach, former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire said on his X account.

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WHO Says Suspected Outbreak of Marburg Disease Kills 8 in Tanzania

FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo
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WHO Says Suspected Outbreak of Marburg Disease Kills 8 in Tanzania

FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo

The World Health Organization said Wednesday an outbreak of suspected Marburg disease has killed eight people in a remote part of northern Tanzania.
“We are aware of 9 cases so far, including 8 people who have died,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement. “We would expect further cases in coming days as disease surveillance improves,” The Associated Press quoted him as saying.
Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or with surfaces, such as contaminated bed sheets.
Without treatment, Marburg can be fatal in up to 88% of people who fall ill with the disease. Symptoms include fever, muscle pains, diarrhea, vomiting and in some cases death from extreme blood loss. There is no authorized vaccine or treatment for Marburg.
WHO said its risk assessment for the suspected outbreak in Tanzania is high at national and regional levels but low globally. There was no immediate comment from Tanzanian health authorities.
An outbreak of Marburg in Rwanda, first reported on Sept. 27, was declared over on Dec. 20. Rwandan officials reported a total of 15 deaths and 66 cases, with the majority of those affected healthcare workers who handled the first patients.