Target AMISOM soldiers Perpetrators al-Shabaab Location Mogadishu, Somalia Total number of deaths 32 Location Mogadishu | Non-fatal injuries 55 Start date February 22, 2009 Perpetrator Al-Shabaab Attack type Suicide attack | |
Similar May 2010 Mogadishu bombings, 2015 Central Hotel atta, 2015 Garowe attack, July 2010 Kampala attacks, 2009 Hotel Shamo bombing | ||
2009 african union base bombings in mogadishu
Two large-scale attacks against AMISOM soldiers carried out by al-Shabaab suicide bombers in Mogadishu, Somalia occurred in 2009. In total 32 people, including 28 AMISOM soldiers were killed and 55 people were injured by the two bombings.
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22 February attack
On 22 February 2009, was carried out by Al-Shabaab against the base of the African Union Mission to Somalia in Mogadishu. The attack, carried out by one suicide bomber in a car and one on foot, left 11 Burundian soldiers dead and 15 others seriously hurt. The car bomber was a Somali contractor who had easy access to the base.
17 September attack
On 17 September 2009, twin suicide bombings occurred at Aden Adde International Airport, the headquarters of AMISOM, in Mogadishu, killing 17 soldiers. The bombers were able to enter the base using two stolen white UN cars and struck a meeting between the AMISOM troops and the Transitional Federal Government. Brigadier General Juvenal Niyoyunguruza of Burundi, the deputy head of AMISOM, was killed in the blast, while the mission's Ugandan commander, General Nathan Mugisha, was wounded. Of the dead peacekeepers, 12 were Burundian and five were Ugandan. Four Somali civilians also died in the attacks, which wounded another 40 people.
Aftermath
Shelling by both al-Shabaab and AMISOM after the bombings killed 19 Somali civilians.