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Mass murder in Somalia by al-Shabaab From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On 4 January 2023, an al-Shabaab double car bombing killed 35 people in Mahas District, Hiran, Somalia.[1]
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Background
The Somali Civil War began in the early 1990s. Al-Shabaab are a Somali jihadist group who began an insurgency in 2006.
Bombings
On 4 January 2023, a double car bombing occurred in Mahas District in Hiran, in central Somalia.[1] The first targeted politicians' houses, and the second a market.[1] Later the same day, al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks.[1]
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