| Mahas bombings | |
| Partof: | the Somali Civil War |
| Location: | Mahas District, Hiran, Somalia |
| Target: | Politicians, marketplace |
| Date: | 4 January 2023 |
| Type: | Double car bombing |
| Fatalities: | 35 |
| Victim: | --> |
| Assailant: | --> |
| Weapons: | Car bombs |
| Numpart: | --> |
| Dfens: | Somali Army and government-backed clan militias |
On 4 January 2023, an al-Shabaab double car bombing killed 35 people in Mahas District, Hiran, Somalia.[1]
The Somali Civil War began in the early 1990s. Al-Shabaab are a Somali jihadist group who began an insurgency in 2006.
On 4 January 2023, a double car bombing occurred in Mahas District in Hiran, in central Somalia.[1] The first targeted politicians' houses, and the second a market.[1] Later the same day, al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks.[1]