March 2021 Mogadishu bombing | |
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Part of the Somali Civil War | |
Location | Mogadishu, Somalia |
Date | 5 March 2021 |
Target | Restaurant |
Attack type | Suicide car bombing |
Deaths | 21 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 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]