2008 Mogadishu bombing
| 2008 Mogadishu bombing | |
|---|---|
Mogadishu Region (or Banaadir Region), highlighted in red within Somalia. | |
| Location | Mogadishu, Somalia (Maka Al Mukarama Road) |
| Date | August 3, 2008 (UTC+3, EAT) |
| Target | Somali women |
Attack type | Roadside bombing |
| Deaths | at least 21 |
| Injured | 46+ |
The 2008 Mogadishu bombing occurred on August 3, 2008 in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. A roadside bombing killed 21 women who were cleaning rubbish from a southern Mogadishu street on Sunday morning, a hospital official said. Mogadishu residents gathered around victims of the bomb attack along the city's Maka Al Mukarama Road.
The bomb blast wounded another 46 people, most of them Somali women who had gathered to clean Maka Al Mukarama Road in southern Mogadishu's Kilometer 4 district, according to Medina Hospital director Dr. Dahir Dhere.