| Baidoa Eid bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of Somali Civil War (2009-present) | |
 Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Baidoa circa 2014 | |
| Location | Southwest of Baidoa, Somalia |
| Date | May 24, 2020 |
| Target | Eid al-Fitr festival |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Deaths | 5-7 |
| Injured | 20+ |
| Perpetrator |  al-Shabaab (suspected) |
On May 24, 2020, at least five people were killed and twenty were injured during a bombing in Baidoa, Somalia, while civilians were celebrating Eid al-Fitr. [1]
al-Shabaab, a jihadist militant group, has been waging an insurgency against the Somali government since 2009. They have attacked the government-controlled city of Baidoa multiple times throughout the Somali civil war, and control large swathes of the countryside around Bay region. [2] In 2016, an attack by al-Shabaab on Baidoa killed over thirty people. [3]
An attack in Dinsoor, also in Bay region, during Eid festivals on May 23 killed an unknown number of people. [4]
The bombing occurred at an IDP camp on the southwestern outskirts of Baidoa on the afternoon of May 24. At the time of the attack, residents were dancing and celebrating Eid al-Fitr at a festival. [5] Somali officials stated that the bomb was placed at the site of the festival before the attack, and that it was not known whether al-Shabaab militants were present at the site. [6] al-Shabaab did not claim responsibility for the attack unlike previous attacks that week, and instead posted photos of Eid celebrations in the al-Shabaab-controlled cities of Jilib and Bu'ale. [5] Initial tolls stated four people, including two children, were killed, and fifteen were injured. This number increased to five killed and twenty injured, with numbers expected to rise. [7]
The attacks in Baidoa and Dinsoor killed a total of seven people and injured forty others, although it is not known how many people were killed in Dinsoor. [8]
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was a regional peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union with the approval of the United Nations Security Council. It was mandated to support transitional governmental structures, implement a national security plan, train the Somali security forces, and to assist in creating a secure environment for the delivery of humanitarian aid. As part of its duties, AMISOM supported the Federal Government of Somalia's forces in their battle against Al-Shabaab militants.
Aden Hashi Farah Aero was the military commander of the Al Shabaab. He was from the Ayr sub-clan, part of the Habar Gidir, which is a branch of the Hawiye clan. He was reportedly married to Halima Abdi Issa Yusuf. He was among several militants killed in a U.S. airstrike on 1 May 2008.
The Somali civil war (2009–present) is the ongoing phase of the Somali civil war which is concentrated in southern and central Somalia. 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-Qaeda-aligned al-Shabaab militants.
This is a 2011 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
This is a 2012 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
Many terrorist attacks have occurred in Kenya during the 20th and 21st centuries. In 1980, the Jewish-owned Norfolk hotel was attacked by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). In 1998, the US embassy was bombed in Nairobi, as was the Israeli-owned Paradise hotel in 2002 in Mombasa. In 2013, the Somali jihadist group al-Shabaab killed 67 people at Nairobi's Westgate Shopping Mall. There have also been many other attacks.
This is a 2014 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
This is a 2015 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
This article contains a timeline of events for the Somali jihadist group al-Shabaab.
This is a 2013 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
This is a 2010 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
Two suicide bombers attacked a busy junction and a restaurant in the Somali town Baidoa. 30 people, mostly civilians, were killed and another 40 were injured. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility, saying they targeted government officials and security forces.
This is a 2016 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
This is a 2017 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
Since the late 2000s, the United States has militarily supported the Transitional Federal Government and then the Federal Government of Somalia. U.S. military actions in Somalia date back to the 1980s, but following the September 11th attacks, military action was justified as counterterrorism. The Obama administration and the Trump administration conducted strikes by drone and fighter aircraft, advisory missions, training, provided intelligence, and attacked al-Shabaab militants. Two U.S. special operations personnel, two contractors, one US Army soldier, and a CIA paramilitary officer have died during operations in Somalia.
This is a 2018 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
On 23 March 2022 in Somalia, a series of coordinated attacks by al-Shabaab jihadists in the two cities of Mogadishu and Beledweyne killed over 60 people.
This is a 2019 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
Events in the year 2023 in Somalia.
This is a 2024 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)