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March 5, 2021
Twenty people are killed and 30 injured in a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.
March 2021 Mogadishu bombing
On 5 March 2021, a suicide car bombing occurred outside Luul Yemeni restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia. The attack killed at least 20 people and injured another 30. Later the same day, jihadist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mogadishu
Mogadishu, locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia and has an estimated urban population of 2,610,483.
March 5
March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 301 days remain until the end of the year.