September 2022 Beledweyne attack

September 2022 Hiran bombing
Part of Somali Civil War (2009-present)
Locationnear Beledweyne, Hiran Region, Somalia
DateSeptember 3, 2022
Deaths21
Perpetrator al-Shabaab

On September 3, 2022, militants from al-Shabaab ambushed a civilian bus traveling from Beledweyne to Mahas, in Hiran, Somalia. Over twenty civilians were killed, and the bombing occurred in the middle of the 2022 Hiraan offensive by the Somali military against al-Shabaab.[1]

  1. ^ "Al-Shabab Kills 21 in Somalia's Hiran Province". VOA. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-23.