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Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the killing of six businessmen over the installation of CCTV cameras in Yaaqshiid District, Mogadishu, Somalia.
2024-10-29

At least eight people are killed and 21 others are injured in a shootout between security forces and inmates at a prison in Mogadishu, Somalia, in an attempted prison break. The prisoners who attempted escape are allegedly al-Shabaab members.
2024-07-13

An al-Shabaab suicide bomber blows himself up at a military academy in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing over 20 soldiers and injuring dozens more.
2023-07-24

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

In Mogadishu, Somalia, at least five militants set off a car bomb and raid a government building, killing at least five people. Al-Shabaab claim responsibility for the attack.
2019-03-23

A car bomb claimed by Al-Shabab kills five people including the driver and wounds around ten others outside Somalia's Parliament, Interior Ministry, and Presidential Palace buildings in Mogadishu.
2018-03-25

Somali police say at least seven are dead after clashes as Somali and African Union troops pushed back al-Shabab extremists from Afgooye, a town near Mogadishu.
2016-10-18

A suspected Al-Shabab suicide bomber blows open the gate of Mogadishu's Nasa-Hablod hotel in Somalia, before militant fighters storm the building. Officials said at least 15 were killed, 25 injured, and an unknown number of guests were taken hostage.
2016-06-25

Nineteen people are killed in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in suicide bombings and firefights between Al-Shabaab militants and government forces.
2013-05-8