2024 Mogadishu market bombing
| 2024 Mogadishu market bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of Somali Civil War (2009–present) | |
The Bakaara Market in 2005 | |
| Native name | Weeraradii Suuqa Bakaaraha |
| Location | Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Coordinates | 2°2′56.04″N 45°19′12″E / 2.0489000°N 45.32000°E |
| Date | 6 February 2024 |
| Target | Bakaara Market |
Attack type | Bombings |
| Deaths | 10 |
| Injured | 20+ |
| Perpetrators | Al-Shabaab suspected. |
On 6 February 2024, four bombings inside the Bakaara Market in the Somali capital Mogadishu killed at least ten people and injured over twenty others.
The market targeted sold goods, services, firearms and daily essentials such as petrol, food, wheat, medicine, clothes and electronics. The market also is famous for illicit activities, such as selling forged passports, forged university diplomas and forged birth certificates. The victims of the bombings were sent to the Erdoğan Hospital.