What the records say
- When
- 14 Oct 2017
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Killed
- 2
- Where
- Mogadishu, Banaadir
- Coordinates
- 2.06° N, 45.33° E
- Wounded
- 0
- Target
- Private Citizens & Property, Airports & Aircraft
- Weapon
- Explosives
- Outcome
- Carried out
- Suicide attack
- Yes
- Claimed
- Yes, personal claim
Summary
Security forces identified and intercepted a suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle at a checkpoint in Wadajir neighborhood, Mogadishu, Somalia. The assailant was arrested and the vehicle detonated a short time later, killing two people. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks in Mogadishu on this date; the assailants intended to target Aden Adde International Airport. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
From the Global Terrorism Database’s own summary of the attack.
The source
- Global Terrorism DatabaseSTART, University of MarylandGTD terms of use: non-commercial, no redistribution
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