Event
2015 Ministry of Higher Education attack
14 Apr 2015 · 2.04° N, 45.34° E
What the records say
- When
- 14 Apr 2015
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 2.04° N, 45.34° E
- Description
- al-Shabab gunmen enter the Higher Education Ministry building in Mogadishu after a large explosion is reported.
Placed at the town its text puts it in, Mogadishu.
2015 Ministry of Higher Education attack
Terrorist incident in Somalia
On 14 April 2015, Al-Shabaab militants launched a suicide car bomb and shooting attack on the Ministry of Higher Education and Ministry of Petroleum and Resources building in Mogadishu. Special forces quickly reseized the compound, killing the attackers.
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