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Somali Ministry of Education bombings. / 2.03250°N 45.30583°E / 2.03250; 45.30583. On 29 October 2022, 121 people were killed and over 300 were injured by a double car bombing in Somalia 's capital, Mogadishu. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud accused Sunni jihadist group al-Shabaab of carrying out the attacks, which they admitted.
Overview. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an estimated 59 radio, print and television reporters operating within Somalia died in the period from the start of the civil war in 1992 to 2013. [1] The CPJ estimated that the majority were locally based (73%), male (96%), broadcast journalists (45%), worked on the radio (65% ...
17. At 7:30 am on 25 November 2021, in Mogadishu, Somalia, [1][2] a suicide bomber in a sport utility vehicle killed eight people and wounded 17 others, including teachers and pupils at Mocaasir Primary and Secondary School, which was heavily damaged. [1][2] Al-Shabaab military operations spokesman Abdiasis Abu Musab claimed his jihadist group ...
On 15 June 2021, a suicide bombing occurred in Mogadishu, Somalia. [1] [2] It happened at the General Dhegobadan Military Camp, where the bomber killed 15 army recruits. [1] [2] He was in a queue of recruits, pretending to be one of them. [1] Al-Shabaab, the Somali/East African branch of al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the bombing. [2]
2 September 2011. Deaths. 1. Injured. 1. Noramfaizul Mohd Nor was the first journalist from Malaysia to be fatally injured while on a dangerous assignment abroad. [1] The attack occurred on 2 September 2011 in Mogadishu, Somalia, while Noramfaizul was reporting for Bernama TV on a humanitarian mission organised by the Islamic charity Kelab ...
Act of terrorism. During the evening of 19 August 2022, al-Shabaab gunmen attacked the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. Initially, two car bombs exploded. Gunmen then stormed the hotel, shooting people and taking hostages. At least 21 people were killed, and 117 others were wounded, fifteen of whom are in critical condition.
The 2009 Hotel Shamo bombing was a suicide bombing at the Hotel Shamo in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 3 December 2009.The bombing killed 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government, [1] and injured 60 more, [2] making it the deadliest attack in Somalia since the Beledweyne bombing on 18 June 2009 that claimed more than 30 lives.
Islamic extremism. On 5 March 2021, a suicide car bombing occurred outside Luul Yemeni restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia. [ 1] The attack killed at least 20 people and injured another 30. [ 2] Later the same day, jihadist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack. [ 3]