June 2021 Mogadishu bombing
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June 2021 Mogadishu bombing | |
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Location | Mogadishu, Somalia |
Date | 15 June 2021 |
Target | Somali Armed Forces |
Attack type | suicide bombing |
Deaths | 15 |
Injured | unknown |
On 15 June 2021, a suicide bombing occurred in Mogadishu, Somalia.[1][2] It happened at the General Dhegobadan Military Camp, where the bomber killed 15 army recruits.[1][2] He was in a queue of recruits, pretending to be one of them.[1]
Al-Shabaab, the Somali/East African branch of al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the bombing.[2] It was the deadliest attack in the Somali capital since December 2019, when an al-Shabaab truck bombing at a police checkpoint killed 85 people and wounded 140 others.[1][2]
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