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Mogadishu as seen from the International Space Station. Mogadishu is situated on the Indian Ocean coast of the Horn of Africa of Northeast Africa, in the Banaadir administrative region in southeastern Somalia. [138] The region itself is coextensive with the city and is much smaller than the historical province of Benadir.
6 February — 2024 Mogadishu market bombing - Ten people are killed and 20 others are injured following explosions in the Bakaara Market, Mogadishu believed to be perpetrated by Al-Shabab, who reportedly planted explosive devices underground. [5] 7 February — A suicide bombing in Afgooye kills three people and injures ten others. [6]
The 2024 Mogadishu prison attack also known as Mogadishu jail break incident, On July 13, 2024, several Al-Shabaab inmates who were convicted of death penalties and life sentences attempted to break out of a prison in Mogadishu. The incident resulted in the deaths of five prisoners and three soldiers.
On August 17, 2024, at around 2:15pm local time, an explosion caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Al-Shabaab killed 20 people at a tea shop in Daynile District in northwest Mogadishu. Another 10 people were seriously injured in the attack, and the death toll is expected to rise due to the severity of the injuries.
The Bakaara Market is a popular market in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.The market has been targeted in an attack at least once before by the militant group Al-Shabaab during the civil war on October 15, 2009, in which 20 people were killed and 58 others were injured after a shelling attack.
On the night of 9–10 June 2023, al-Shabaab attacked the popular, upmarket Pearl Beach hotel and restaurant in Mogadishu's Lido Beach. [3] Seven gunmen attacked its restaurant after detonating a bomb there. [3] They killed at least six civilians and three members of the security forces. [3] By the end of the siege, 84 people were released. [4]
On 29 October 2022, 121 people were killed and over 300 were injured by a double car bombing in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud accused Sunni jihadist group al-Shabaab of carrying out the attacks, which they admitted.
During the evening of 19 August 2022, al-Shabaab gunmen attacked the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. Initially, two car bombs exploded. Gunmen then stormed the hotel, shooting people and taking hostages. At least 21 people were killed, and 117 others were wounded, fifteen of whom are in critical condition.