March 2021 Mogadishu bombing

March 2021 Mogadishu bombing
Part of the Somali Civil War
Location	Mogadishu, Somalia
Date	5 March 2021
Target	Restaurant
Attack type	Suicide car bombing
Deaths	21 (including the perpetrator)
Injured	30
Perpetrator	Al-Shabaab
Motive	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]

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. Peer, Mathias (5 March 2021). "Mogadischu: Viele Tote bei Anschlag in Somalia". Die Zeit (in German). Die Zeit . Retrieved 7 March 2021.