June 2016 Mogadishu attacks

The June 2016 Mogadishu attacks were two similar attacks on hotels that occurred in Mogadishu, Somalia on 1 June and 25 June 2016. Dozens of people were killed in the attacks and many more were wounded.

The Ambassador Hotel was targeted on 1 June, and the Hotel Naso-Hablod on 25 June.

1 June attack

1 June 2016 Mogadishu attack
Part of War in Somalia (2009-present)
Date June 1, 2016 (2016-06-01) – June 2, 2016 (2016-06-02)
Target Ambassador Hotel
Attack type
 Car bombing, suicide bombing shooting, hostage-taking
Deaths 16 victims[1]
3 terrorists
Non-fatal injuries
 55
Perpetrators Al-Shabaab
No. of participants
 3

The attack came shortly after Somali officials announced that they had killed senior Al-Shabaab member Mohamed Kuno, who is believed to have been the mastermind behind the Garissa University attack. 16 other militants were killed along with Kuno.[2]

The attack involved at least three attackers, one of whom was killed detonating the car bomb and the other two died after being shot by police inside the hotel.[3] Most of the victims were pedestrians and drivers on the road on which the car bomb exploded.[4] Also among the deceased victims included two Somali MPs: Abdullahi Jama Kabaweyne and Mohamoud Mohamed Gure.[5]

The attack is one in a long list of hotel attacks committed by al-Shabaab in Mogadishu since 2015.

The attack occurred shortly before Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was supposed to arrive in a hotel along the same road as the Hotel Ambassador.[6]

25 June attack

25 June 2016 Mogadishu attack
Part of War in Somalia (2009-present)
Location Mogadishu, Somalia
Date 25 June 2016 (2016-06-25)
Target Naso-Hablod hotel
Attack type
 Suicide bombing, car bombing, hostage-taking
Deaths 15+ (including attackers)
Non-fatal injuries
 25+
Perpetrators Al-Shabaab
No. of participants
 4+

On 25 June 2016, Al-Shabaab conducted a similar attack on another hotel in Mogadishu. A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside the hotel, after which gunmen stormed the hotel and took hostages before being killed in a shootout with police. At least 15 people were killed, including State Environment Minister Bur’i Mohamed Hamza, and more than 25 were injured.[7]

The hotel attacked was the Naso-Hablod hotel, which is frequented by tourists and politicians. At least four men were involved in the attack.[8] The victims were mostly civilians on the street where the car bomb exploded,[7] but also included some of the hotel's security guards.[8]

30 June attack

30 June 2016 Mogadishu attack
Part of War in Somalia (2009-present)
Location Lafoole, Mogadishu, Somalia
Date 30 June 2016
Attack type
 Bombing
Deaths at least 20
Suspected perpetrators
 Al-Shabaab

On 30 June 2016, at least 20 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb went off in Lafoole town, southwest of Mogadishu, blowing up a packed mini-bus that was passing by. Although no group claim responsibility, but Al-Shabaab is suspected.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0602/792757-somalia-hotel-attack/
  2. ↑ "Garissa university attack plotter 'dead'". bbc.com. BBC. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Gunmen attack Mogadishu hotel, Somali officials say". CNN.
  4. ↑ Dearden, Lizzie. "Mogadishu hotel attack: At least three dead after as al-Shabaab launch bomb and shooting assault in Somalia". independent.co.uk. The Independent. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Somalia attack: MPs among dead in hotel blast and gun raid". bbc.com. BBC. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  6. ↑ http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/al-shabab-somalia-mogadishu-hotel-attack-160601160821384.html
  7. 1 2 Nor, Omar. "Gunmen storm hotel in Mogadishu; 15 killed, police say". cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Somalia: Deadly al-Shabab attack on Mogadishu hotel". BBC.
  9. ↑ "At least 18 killed by a roadside bomb in Somalia". Reuters UK. 30 June 2016.
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