Английская Википедия:2020 Afgooye bombing
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox civilian attack Шаблон:Campaignbox War in Somalia (2009–) On 18 January 2020, a suicide car bombing killed four and injured at least 20 others in Afgooye, approximately Шаблон:Convert from the Somali capital, Mogadishu.[1] Most of the casualties were police officers protecting Turkish contractors building a road.[2] The al-Qaeda-linked extremist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.[2][3]
Background
Al-Shabaab began as the armed wing[4] of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), which later splintered into several smaller factions after its defeat in 2006 by Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the TFG's Ethiopian military allies.[5]
The group often carries out attacks in Somalia, especially in and around Mogadishu.[3] It less frequently attacks other African countries which support Somalia, especially neighbouring Kenya. Al-Shabaab carries out attacks to try to undermine Somalia's central government, which is backed by the United Nations and African Union peacekeeping troops, (AMISOM).[6] On 14 October 2017, the worst attack by the organization killed more than 500 people with two bomb explosions that targeted Somalia's capital city Mogadishu.[7]
Turkish involvement in Somalia
Шаблон:See Turkey is a large donor of humanitarian aid and reconstruction to Somalia.[8] Turkey maintained an embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, until the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991.[9] During the drought of 2011, Turkey contributed over $201 million to the humanitarian relief efforts in the impacted parts of Somalia.[10] Turkey assisted in the building of several hospitals, and helped renovate and rehabilitate the Aden Adde International Airport and the National Assembly building, among other initiatives.[11]
Attack
Al-Shabaab militants detonated a car bomb near Afgooye, which is in Lower Shabelle and is approximately Шаблон:Convert from Mogadishu.[1] A Somali police commander said the intended target was Turkish construction workers.[3] The suicide bomber sped into an area where the engineers and police were having lunch.[6] Local witnesses described a "massive explosion" and "clouds of smoke".[1] The casualties were mostly police officers providing security.[3] Following the attack, al-Shabaab issued a statement, "We are behind the martyrdom of the suicide car bomb in Afgoye".[6]
Reactions
The Turkish Ministry of National Defense wrote on Twitter: "We curse and condemn in the strongest terms the bomb terror attack which targeted innocent civilians in Somalia".[6]
References
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