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Somali soldiers hold their positions during gunfire after a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu, June 25, 2016. (Reuters)

3 Somali Soldiers Die while Defusing Shabaab-Planted Explosives

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 17, 2017 | World

Three Somali soldiers were killed in the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday while attempting to defuse a car bomb, announced the police and militant al-Shabaab group. The bomb detonated as the military experts were trying to dismantle a car laden with explosives that...

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A general view of the scene following a car bomb attack in Mogadishu on March 13, 2017. STRINGER / AFP

7 Killed in Car Bomb Attack at Mogadishu Restaurant

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 5, 2017 | World

At least seven people were killed and 10 wounded on Wednesday when a car bomb rammed into a restaurant near the Somali ministry of internal security and other compounds housing state institutions in Mogadishu, officials said. “There was a huge blast at a...

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African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) soldiers patrol following a car bomb in the Wardhigley District south of Mogadishu on February 27, 2015. The bomb killed one person and injured another. AFP PHOTO/Mohamed Abdiwahab (Photo credit should read Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images)

Shabaab Bombings in Somalia’s Mogadishu Leave at Least 14 Dead

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 13, 2017 | World

At least 14 people were killed on Monday in two separate bombings in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The first was a car bombing near a hotel on a busy street in the capital. At least 13 people were killed, police and the emergency medical services said, hours after a...

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A Somali government soldier walks near the scene of an explosion in front of Dayah hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

At Least 13 Killed in Extremist Attack on Mogadishu Hotel

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 25, 2017 | World

At least 13 people were killed after two car bombs exploded outside a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu Wednesday and gunmen forced their way inside the building and opened fire, police said. The attack, claimed by the Al-Qaeda aligned Shabaab...

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Somalia: 29 Killed and 50 Injured in a Suicide Car Bomb Attack

by Khalid Mahmoud | Dec 12, 2016 | Middle East

Twenty nine people were killed in a suicide car bomb near Mogadishu’s largest port yesterday. The attack took place in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, in the latest suicide attack of its kind sponsored by the militant group Al-Shabaab that is linked to Al-Qaeda....