July 2018 Mogadishu bombings

Al-Shabaab attack
Mogadishu is located in Somalia
Mogadishu
Mogadishu
Mogadishu (Somalia)
LocationMogadishu, SomaliaDateJuly 7, 2018
Attack type
Suicide car bombing and shootingWeaponsSuicide car bombings, gunDeaths20 (+3 attackers)Injured24PerpetratorsAl-Shabaab
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The July 2018 Mogadishu bombings took place on July 7, 2018 when fighters of the Somali group Al-Shabaab attacked the compound of Somalia's interior and security ministries in the center of Mogadishu.[1][2]

At least 20 people were killed and two dozen others wounded and all three gunmen were killed by the security forces.[3]

Attack

The attack started when the terrorists detonated two car bombs outside the main gate of the interior ministry building before three militants stormed it.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Deadly twin blasts hit Somalia's capital Mogadishu
  2. ^ 14 security officials arrested over interior ministry attack
  3. ^ Al-Shabab Launches Deadly Assaults in Somali Capital
  4. ^ At least 9 killed in attack on Somalia’s interior ministry
  5. ^ Second blast in Somalia's capital Mogadishu: police source
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