On 22 December 2018, a suicide car bombing occurred in Mogadishu, Somalia. [1] The bomber detonated it at a military checkpoint near Somalia's presidential palace, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 20 others. [1] Those killed include soldiers and three staff members of Universal Television. [1] The injured include an MP and a deputy mayor of Mogadishu. [1]
Jihadist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack. [1]
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