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A suicide bomber blows himself up outside the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, while gunmen storm the hotel and open fire. Five people are killed in the al-Shabaab attack, including a former military general; ten civilians are wounded. The three other attackers are shot dead during a gun battle with security forces.
2021-01-31

An Al-Shabaab car bombing kills six people and injures 12 others at an army checkpoint near Somalia's parliament in Mogadishu.
2020-01-8

A car bomb blast in Mogadishu, near the Weheliye hotel in the Somali capital, kills at least 14 people and injures 10 others. Al-Shabab claims responsibility for the blast.
2018-03-22

Two car bombings near the presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia, kill at least 38 people. Al-Shabaab claim responsibility for the attacks.
2018-02-24

United States-supported Somali forces shoot and kill 10 Somalis, including three children, in Lower Shebelle's Bariire village near Mogadishu. While the Somalia government reports the other dead were members of the al Shabaab militia, Lower Shabelle deputy governor Ali Nur Mohamed says the victims were all civilians, farm owners, workers and their children. The U.S. Africa Command says they are investigating these civilian casualties reports.
2017-08-25

A suicide bomber attacks a military training camp in Mogadishu, killing at least nine soldiers. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
2017-04-10

A vehicle filled with explosives detonates near a hotel in Mogadishu, killing at least six people and wounding four others.
2017-03-13

A car bomb explodes in the Wadajir District of Mogadishu, killing at least 20 people and injuring 50 more.
2017-02-19

A deadly explosion in a Mogadishu restaurant kills at least four people and injures ten others.
2015-04-21

The death toll from the March 27 hotel siege in Mogadishu rises to 20.
2015-03-28