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| Mahas bombings | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Somali Civil War | |
| Location | Mahas District, Hiran, Somalia |
| Date | 4 January 2023 |
| Target | Politicians, marketplace |
Attack type | Double car bombing |
| Weapons | Car bombs |
| Deaths | 35 |
| Perpetrator | al-Shabaab |
| Defenders | Somali Army and government-backed clan militias |
On 4 January 2023, an al-Shabaab double car bombing killed 35 people in Mahas District, Hiran, Somalia. [1]
The Somali Civil War began in the early 1990s. Al-Shabaab are a Somali jihadist group who began an insurgency in 2006.
On 4 January 2023, a double car bombing occurred in Mahas District in Hiran, in central Somalia. [1] The first targeted politicians' houses, and the second a market. [1] Later the same day, al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks. [1]
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This is a 2011 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
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This is a 2015 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
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).
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This is a 2018 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
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Events in the year 2023 in Somalia.
On September 3, 2022, militants from al-Shabaab ambushed a civilian bus traveling from Beledweyne to Mahas, in Hiran, Somalia. Over twenty civilians were killed, and the bombing occurred in the middle of the 2022 Hiraan offensive by the Somali military against al-Shabaab.
This is a 2023 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
Mahas is a town in the central Hiran region of Somalia and the capital of its eastern Mahas District.
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