| 2024 Mogadishu market bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of Somali Civil War (2009–present) | |
 The Bakaara Market in 2005 | |
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| 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.[1] |
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.[2]
The market targeted sold goods, services, firearms and daily essentials such as petrol, food, wheat, medicine, clothes and electronics.[3] The market also is famous for illicit activities, such as selling forged passports, forged university diplomas and forged birth certificates.[4] The victims of the bombings were sent to the Erdoğan Hospital.[5]
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- ^ "Market place where money talks". Daily news Botswana. June 26, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
- ^ "Mogadishu Market Bombing Kills at Least Eight". West Observer. 2024-02-06. Archived from the original on 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ "Ten dead, 20 others injured in multiple blasts in market in Somali capital". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2024-03-16. Retrieved 2024-03-15.