Mahas bombings
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 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (January 2023) |
| Mahas bombings | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Somali Civil War | |
| Location | Mahas District, Hiran, Somalia |
| Date | 4 January 2023 |
| Target | Politicians, marketplace |
Attack type | Double car bombing |
| Weapons | Car bombs |
| Deaths | 35 |
| Perpetrator | al-Shabaab |
| Defenders | Somali Army and government-backed clan militias |
On 4 January 2023, an al-Shabaab double car bombing killed 35 people in Mahas District, Hiran, Somalia.[1]
Background
The Somali Civil War began in the early 1990s. Al-Shabaab are a Somali jihadist group who began an insurgency in 2006.
Bombings
On 4 January 2023, a double car bombing occurred in Mahas District in Hiran, in central Somalia.[1] The first targeted politicians' houses, and the second a market.[1] Later the same day, al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks.[1]
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