Mahas bombings


On 4 January 2023, an al-Shabaab double car bombing killed at least 35 people and injured at least 40 others in Mahas District, Hiran, Somalia.

Background

The Somali Civil War began in the early 1990s. Al-Shabaab are a Somali jihadist group who began an insurgency in 2006.

Bombings

On 4 January 2023, a double car bombing occurred in Mahas District in Hiran, in central Somalia. The first targeted politicians' houses, and the second a market. Later the same day, al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks.