March 2021 Mogadishu bombing
Part of the Somali Civil War
LocationMogadishu, Somalia
Date5 March 2021
TargetRestaurant
Attack type
Suicide car bombing
Deaths21 (including the perpetrator)
Injured30
PerpetratorAl-Shabaab
MotiveIslamic 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. ^ "Mogadischu: Viele Tote bei Anschlag in Somalia" (in German). Die Zeit. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.


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