2024 Mogadishu market bombing | |
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Location | Mogadishu, Somalia |
Date | 6 February 2024 |
Target | civilians |
Attack type | bombing |
Deaths | 10 |
Injured | 15 |
On 6 February 2024, four bombings inside Bakaara Market in the Somali capital Mogadishu killed at least ten people and injured about fifteen others. [1] It was the deadliest attack of the year so far.
The shop targeted sold electronic goods. [2] The victims were sent to Erdoğan Hospital. [3]
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