March 2021 Mogadishu bombing

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

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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.