Three members of the United Arab Emirates’ armed forces and one Bahraini officer were killed in a “terrorist act” in Somalia while on a mission to train Somali armed forces, UAE’s defense ministry said on Saturday in a post on X.

The MoD statement said two others were injured in the incident.

Those killed were involved in training members of the Somali Armed Forces, a program which falls within a military cooperation agreement between UAE and Somalia, the statement also said.

“The Ministry of Defense extends its sincere condolences to the families of the martyrs, asking God Almighty to bestow His mercy on them, and also expresses its wishes for a speedy recovery for the injured,” the MoD statement said. 

“The ministry reports that the UAE continues to coordinate and cooperate with the Somali government in investigating the sinful terrorist act,” it added.