Mogadishu residents marched on Monday (August 5) on a beach where dozens were killed last week in one of Somalia's deadliest attacks in recent years. - REUTERS
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00:00Hundreds of protesters marched across Lido Beach in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday.
00:07It was here on Friday that at least 37 civilians were killed and 212 injured in an explosion
00:15at a popular beach restaurant. Mogadishu resident Khadijo Mohamed Ali said what took place was
00:22a national disaster and that someone needs to be held accountable.
00:28We must defend our country from such enemies and we must protect our people from such actions
00:34which keep recurring.
00:38Friday's attack was the deadliest in Somalia since October 2022. Then, twin car bombs were
00:45detonated at a busy market intersection, killing at least 100 and wounding 300 more.
00:52There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Lido Beach attack by the Al-Qaeda-linked
00:57Al-Shabaab group. It has claimed similar attacks in the past, including the 2022 car bombing.
01:07Al-Shabaab previously controlled a vast area of Somalia but has been pushed back in government
01:12counter-offensives since 2022. However, the militant group remains capable of launching
01:18significant attacks on government, commercial and military targets.