Islamists have attacked a hotel and the popular Lido Beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu, resulting in the deaths of at least 32 people, including the five terrorists, a police spokesman said. The spokesman, Abdifitah Aden, called it “a merciless attack.” More than 60 people, some of them seriously injured, were treated in hospital. Among them were a senior intelligence officer and his bodyguards, who were spending the evening in the beach hotel. It is likely that the casualty toll will rise, as security forces fought until the early hours of the morning. The Islamist terrorist group al-Shab…