2025 Mogadishu military base bombing
Bombing
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On Sunday morning around 9:20 a.m. of 18 May 2025, a suicide bomber attacked a military recruitment center in Mogadishu and caused many casualties.{{Cite web |title=Death toll climbs to 20 in Mogadishu suicide bombing claimed by al-Shabab |url=https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2025/May/201555/death_toll_climbs_to_20_in_mogadishu_suicide_bombing_claimed_by_al_shabab.aspx?utm_source=hiiraan&utm_medium=SomaliNewsUpdateFront |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=www.hiiraan.com |language=en-US}} [[Closed-circuit television|CCTV]] camera shows the bomber, intercepted near the entrance, detonating explosives before reaching the main crowd. The bomber was dressed in a [[military uniform]] detonated an explosive [[Explosive belt|suicide vest]], targeting hundreds of young men had lined up to enlist in the Somali National Army who were lining up after breakfast. |
On Sunday morning around 9:20 a.m. of 18 May 2025, a suicide bomber attacked a military recruitment center in Mogadishu and caused many casualties.{{Cite web |title=Death toll climbs to 20 in Mogadishu suicide bombing claimed by al-Shabab |url=https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2025/May/201555/death_toll_climbs_to_20_in_mogadishu_suicide_bombing_claimed_by_al_shabab.aspx?utm_source=hiiraan&utm_medium=SomaliNewsUpdateFront |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=www.hiiraan.com |language=en-US}} [[Closed-circuit television|CCTV]] camera shows the bomber, intercepted near the entrance, detonating explosives before reaching the main crowd. The bomber was dressed in a [[military uniform]] detonated an explosive [[Explosive belt|suicide vest]], targeting hundreds of young men had lined up to enlist in the Somali National Army who were lining up after breakfast. |
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The [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]] claimed responsibility for the attack and posted on Telegram that hundred soldiers were killed and others injured.{{Cite web |date=May 18, 2025 |title=Ku Dhawaad 100 Askari oo Dhimasho & Dhaawac ku Noqdaay Qaraxii Muqdisho.[BAYAAN] - Warbaahinta Al-Furqaan |trans-title=Nearly 100 Soldiers Killed & Wounded in Mogadishu Bombing |url=https://radiofurqaan.net/ku-dhawaad-100-askari-oo-dhimasho-dhaawac-ku-noqdaay-qaraxii-muqdisho-bayaan/ |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=radiofurqaan.net |language=en-US}} Most of the soldiers targeted were young troops who want to join government war against al-shabaab in middle shabelle. Among those killed were 15 recruits and five civilians who were passing nearby. Medical personnel at nearby military hospitals said some of the wounded remain in critical condition, and the death toll could rise. |
The [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]] claimed responsibility for the attack and posted on Telegram that hundred soldiers were killed and others injured.{{Cite web |date=May 18, 2025 |title=Ku Dhawaad 100 Askari oo Dhimasho & Dhaawac ku Noqdaay Qaraxii Muqdisho.[BAYAAN] - Warbaahinta Al-Furqaan |trans-title=Nearly 100 Soldiers Killed & Wounded in Mogadishu Bombing |url=https://radiofurqaan.net/ku-dhawaad-100-askari-oo-dhimasho-dhaawac-ku-noqdaay-qaraxii-muqdisho-bayaan/ |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=radiofurqaan.net |language=en-US}} Most of the soldiers targeted were young troops who want to join government war against al-shabaab in middle shabelle. Among those killed were 15 recruits and five civilians who were passing nearby. Medical personnel at nearby military hospitals said some of the wounded remain in critical condition, and the death toll could rise. |
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