February 2016 Mogadishu attack | |
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Part of Somali Civil War (2009–present) | |
Location | Mogadishu, Somalia |
Date | 26 February 2016 7:45pm ( UTC+03:00) |
Attack type | Suicide truck bombing, shooting |
Weapons | Truck bomb, guns |
Deaths | 14 (+5 attackers) |
Injured | 16 |
Perpetrators | Al-Shabaab |
A suicide bomber detonated a truck at a checkpoint outside the Somali Youth League hotel at 7:45pm on 26 February 2016 in Mogadishu, Somalia. [1] [2] It was followed by his accomplices clashing with the hotel security guards. [1] [3] The police said they ended the attack by killing the four insurgent gunmen. [1] Five militants, including the suicide bomber, as well as 14 civilians were killed. [2] Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility. [1] [3] [2] Sixteen other people were injured. [2]
Five people were killed in a suicide bombing at the same hotel in January 2015. [2]