TheJune 2016 Mogadishu attacks were two similar attacks on hotels that occurred inMogadishu,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 2016 Mogadishu attack | |
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 Interactive map of 1 June 2016 Mogadishu attack | |
| Date | June 1, 2016 (2016-06-01) – June 2, 2016 (2016-06-02) |
| Target | Ambassador Hotel |
Attack type | Car bombing,suicide bombingshooting,hostage-taking |
| Deaths | 16 victims[1] 3 terrorists |
| Injured | 55 |
| Perpetrators | Al-Shabaab |
| 3 | |
The attack came shortly after Somali officials announced that they had killed seniorAl-Shabaab member Mohamed Kuno, who is believed to have been the mastermind behind theGarissa 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 SomaliMPs: 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 beforeTurkey's PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan was supposed to arrive in a hotel along the same road as the Hotel Ambassador.[6]
| 25 June 2016 Mogadishu attack | |
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Interactive map of 25 June 2016 Mogadishu attack | |
| 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) |
| Injured | 25+ |
| Perpetrators | Al-Shabaab |
| 4+ | |
On 25 June 2016,Al-Shabaab conducted a similar attack on another hotel inMogadishu. 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 MinisterBur’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 2016 Mogadishu attack | |
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Interactive map of 30 June 2016 Mogadishu attack | |
| Location | Lafoole,Mogadishu,Somalia |
| Date | 30 June 2016 |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Deaths | at least 20 |
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, Al-Shabaab is suspected.[9]
