The UAE Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday that three of its soldiers and a Bahraini officer were killed, with three others injured, after they were “exposed to a terrorist act” in Somalia.

The Ministry said, in a statement published on its account on the X website (formerly Twitter), that the incident occurred “while they were performing their work duties in training and qualifying the Somali Armed Forces.”

The ministry's statement added, "The UAE continues to coordinate and cooperate with the Somali government in investigating the sinful terrorist act."..

For his part, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud expressed his condolences to the UAE and condemned the attack in the capital, Mogadishu, calling for an immediate investigation into the incident, according to the Somali News Agency (SONA).

The Somali President visited Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital, “the wounded Emirati officers who were injured in the terrorist attack on General Gordon’s camp,” according to the agency.

Sheikh Mohamud said: “We offer our condolences to the government and people of the United Arab Emirates who lost the lives of their soldiers in the terrorist attack in Mogadishu. These officers came to our country to participate in rebuilding the Somali Armed Forces.”

He continued: “We are grateful to the government and people of the United Arab Emirates for their continued support in the reconstruction and development of Somalia, and we will remember the role you played in our country in this difficult time.”