Terrorism in Somalia
Encyclopedia
Terrorism in Somalia refers to violent attacks by militant or terrorist groups on civilians and/or government officials in Somalia
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Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
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List of attacks
- February 2008 Bosaso bombings
- 2008 Mogadishu bombings2008 Mogadishu bombingsThe 2008 Mogadishu bombings occurred on August 3, 2008 in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. A roadside bombing killed 21 women who were cleaning rubbish from a southern Mogadishu street on Sunday morning, a hospital official said...
- 2008 Hargeisa–Bosaso bombings2008 Hargeisa–Bosaso bombingsThe Hargeisa–Bosaso bombings occurred on October 29, 2008, when six suicide bombers attacked in coordinated car-bombings targets in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, and the Puntland port of Bosaso, both in northern Somalia...
- 2009 Beledweyne bombing2009 Beledweyne bombingThe 2009 Beledweyne bombing took place on June 18, 2009 in Beledweyne, Hiiraan, Somalia. A suicide bomber carried out the attack, detonating an explosives-laden vehicle at the front gate of the Medina Hotel...
- 2009 Hotel Shamo bombing2009 Hotel Shamo bombingThe 2009 Hotel Shamo bombing was a suicide bombing at the Hotel Shamo in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 3 December 2009. The bombing killed 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government, and injured 60 more, making it the deadliest attack in Somalia since the Beledweyne...