2022 Somali Ministry of Education bombings
Double car bombing attack in Somalia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 29 October 2022, 121 people were killed and over 300 were injured by a double car bombing in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud accused Sunni jihadist group al-Shabaab of carrying out the attacks, which they admitted.[2][3][4][5] The bombing marks the deadliest attack in Somalia since the 14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings at the same junction.[6][7]
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Somali Ministry of Education bombings | |
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Part of the Somali Civil War | |
Location | Mogadishu, Somalia |
Coordinates | 2°1′57″N 45°18′21″E |
Date | 29 October 2022 c. 14:00 EAT (UTC+3) |
Target | Ministry of Education |
Attack type | Car bombings |
Deaths | 121+[1] |
Injured | 350+ |
Perpetrators | Al-Shabaab[2] |
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