September 2022 Hiran bombing | |
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Part of Somali Civil War (2009-present) | |
Location | near Beledweyne, Hiran Region, Somalia |
Date | September 3, 2022 |
Deaths | 21 |
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]