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October 29, 2022
At least 100 people are killed and over 300 are injured by a double car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2022 Somali Ministry of Education bombings
On 29 October 2022, 121 people were killed and over 300 were injured by a double car bombing in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud accused Sunni jihadist group al-Shabaab of carrying out the attacks, which they admitted. The bombing marks the deadliest attack in Somalia since the 14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings at the same junction.
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.
October 29
October 29 is the 302nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 63 days remain until the end of the year.