What the records say
- When
- 18 Jan 2020
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Killed
- 5
- Coordinates
- 2.12° N, 45.12° E
- Wounded
- 20
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2020 Afgooye bombing
Suicide car bombing
On 18 January 2020, a suicide car bombing killed four and injured at least 20 others in Afgooye, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Most of the casualties were police officers protecting Turkish contractors building a road. The al-Qaeda-linked extremist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
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