March 2021 Mogadishu bombing | |
Location: | Mogadishu, Somalia |
Date: | 5 March 2021 |
Partof: | the Somali Civil War |
Target: | Restaurant |
Type: | Suicide car bombing |
Fatalities: | 21 (including the perpetrator) |
Injuries: | 30 |
Perpetrator: | Al-Shabaab |
Motive: | Islamic extremism |
On 5 March 2021, a suicide car bombing occurred outside Luul Yemeni restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia.[1] The attack killed at least 20 people and injured another 30.[2] Later the same day, jihadist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.[3]