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Police in Somalia said Saturday that 32 people died and 63 others were wounded in an attack on a beach hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, the previous evening. Al-Qaida’s East Africa affiliate, al ...
June 10, 2024 at 7:43 AM. MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A violent clash over the weekend between two clans in central Somalia has killed at least 55 people and injured another 155, residents and medical ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — An airstrike in a town in Somalia caused several casualties, including children, residents and authorities said, while three members of an al-Qaida-linked extremist ...
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 ...
Attack. On the night of 9–10 June 2023, al-Shabaab attacked the popular, upmarket Pearl Beach hotel and restaurant in Mogadishu's Lido Beach. [3] Seven gunmen attacked its restaurant after detonating a bomb there. [3] They killed at least six civilians and three members of the security forces. [3] By the end of the siege, 84 people were ...
August 4, 2024 at 7:07 AM. People's shoes and other belongings were left behind at the beach after the deadly attack [EPA] At least 32 people were killed in a suicide attack carried out by al ...
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 Somali Civil War (2009–present) is the ongoing phase of the Somali Civil War which is concentrated in southern and central Somalia. [8] It began in late January 2009 with the present conflict mainly between the forces of the Federal Government of Somalia assisted by African Union peacekeeping troops and al-Shabaab militants who pledged alliegence to al-Qaeda during 2012.