Mogadishu Car Bomb

• ‘The world is so painful’: Newlywed becomes a widow after Somalian bomb blast

  Qali Ibrahim frantically dialed her husband’s mobile phone on Saturday morning. Minutes earlier he had left home, hammer and saw in hand, headed out for a day of construction work. “The number you are dialing is not reachable," his mobile responded.

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  Dec 28, 2019
  
• Car bomb claimed by Al-Shabab kills 16 near Somalia’s presidential palace

  The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group, which often targets Mogadishu, claimed responsibility for the attack.

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  Dec 22, 2018
  
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• Al-Shabab claims Somalia suicide bomber was ex-lawmaker

  The al-Shabab extremist group says one of the two suicide car bombers who struck in Somalia's capital on Tuesday was a former legislator.

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  Jul 27, 2016
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• 13 killed by twin suicide bomb attacks near UN offices in Somalia

  Two suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden cars on Tuesday outside the U.N. Mine Action Service offices and a Somali army checkpoint in Mogadishu.

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  Jul 26, 2016