July 2018 Mogadishu bombings
Al-Shabaab attack
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Mogadishu
Mogadishu (Somalia)
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Somali civil war
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- 2009
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The July 2018 Mogadishu bombings took place on July 7, 2018 when fighters of the Somali group Al-Shabaab attacked the compound of Somalia's interior and security ministries in the center of Mogadishu.[1][2]
At least 20 people were killed and two dozen others wounded and all three gunmen were killed by the security forces.[3]
Attack
The attack started when the terrorists detonated two car bombs outside the main gate of the interior ministry building before three militants stormed it.[4][5]
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