June 2021 Mogadishu bombing | |
Location: | Mogadishu, Somalia |
Date: | 15 June 2021 |
Target: | Somali Armed Forces |
Type: | suicide bombing |
Fatalities: | 15 |
Injuries: | unknown |
On 15 June 2021, a suicide bombing occurred in Mogadishu, Somalia.[1] [2] It happened at the General Dhegobadan Military Camp, where the bomber killed 15 army recruits.[1] [2] He was in a queue of recruits, pretending to be one of them.[1]
Al-Shabaab, the Somali/East African branch of al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the bombing.[2] It was the deadliest attack in the Somali capital since December 2019, when an al-Shabaab truck bombing at a police checkpoint killed 85 people and wounded 140 others.[1] [2]