Somalian prime minister, Hassan Ali Khaire, has confirmed that an explosion went off on a popular beach in the Somali capital late on Friday evening.

The explosion occurred on Mogadishu’s popular Liido beach, followed by gunfire.

Somali National Television said on X that security forces had eliminated the attackers and medical personnel were responding to attend to those injured.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. However, the al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the recent attacks in the Horn of Africa country.