March 2021 Mogadishu bombing

March 2021 Mogadishu bombing
Part of the Somali Civil War
LocationMogadishu, Somalia
Date5 March 2021
TargetRestaurant
Attack type
Suicide car bombing
Deaths21 (including the perpetrator)
Injured30
PerpetratorAl-Shabaab
MotiveIslamic 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]

References

  1. ^ "At least 20 killed by suicide car bomb blast in Somalia". Al Jazeera English. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. ^ Sheikh, Abdi; Biryabarema, Elias (5 March 2021). McCool, Grant (ed.). "At least 20 killed by suicide car bomb near restaurant in Somalia capital". Reuters. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Mogadischu: Viele Tote bei Anschlag in Somalia" (in German). Die Zeit. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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