February 2022 Beledweyne bombing
On 19 February 2022, an al-Shabaab suicide bomber killed 14 people at a restaurant in Beledweyne, Somalia.[1][2]
Background
The Islamist militant group al-Shabaab - the Somali branch of al-Qaeda - began their insurgency during the 2006-2009 phase of the Somali Civil War. In 2009, they carried out a suicide car bombing at a hotel in Beledweyne, Hiran, Hirshabelle State, killing 57 people. The militant group took part in battles there in 2010 and 2011.
Bombing
During the morning of 19 February 2022, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb in a restaurant in Beledweyene.[1][2] It killed 14 people - including a candidate in the same month's election - and injured at least another 12.[1][2] On the same day, al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.[1][2]
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