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The bodies of three military officers from the United Arab Emirates - who were killed in a militant attack in Somalia - have arrived in Abu Dhabi.
Thousands of Moroccans have taken to the streets of Rabat calling for an end to ties with Israel, over its actions in Gaza. A statement said a fourth officer who sustained injuries during the attack on Saturday had died on arrival in the UAE.
Some waved placards saying “stop the massacre” and "normalisation is treason" during the Sunday march. Emirati officials said the military officers had been in Somalia training local troops.
Politicians from across the spectrum are reported to have been among the crowds. A Bahraini soldier was also killed in the attack, which the Islamist group al-Shabab says it carried out.
Morocco established diplomatic ties with Israel in 2020 under the US-brokered Abraham Accords. In a statement mourning the killing of its soldier, the Bahrain army condemned the attack, terming it an "act of aggression".
As part of the deal, Rabat received Washington’s recognition of its claim to sovereignty over the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Local media report that the alleged attacker, a Somali soldier who was staying in the camp, had recently defected from al-Shabab.
Opposition to the agreement has grown sharply since the start of the war in Gaza. The attack targeted the troops at the General Gordon Military Base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud condemned the attack and ordered the country's security forces to conduct a “thorough and urgent investigation”.
Al-Shabab continues to carry out deadly attacks in Somalia despite the intensified military offensive against the group by federal troops since August 2022.
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