2009 African Union base bombings in Mogadishu

Bombing in Somalia February 2021 2.033 45.35 title 2009 African Union base bombings Mogadishu, Somalia AMISOM soldiers 22 February 200917 September 2009 Suicide bombings 32 55 al-Shabaab 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. 22 February attack On 22 February 2009, was carried out by Al-Shabaab.AL-SHABAAB United Nations Security Council https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/751/materials/summaries/entity/al-shabaab United Nations 2020-05-25 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7904613.stm BBC News Bombs kill Somalia peacekeepers 22 February 2009 2010-04-23 The car bomber was a Somali contractor who had easy access to the base.http://www.3news.co.nz/News/InternationalNews/African-Union-to-increase-troops-in-Somalia-despite-deadly-suicide-attack/tabid/417/articleID/92516/cat/61/Default.aspx African Union to increase troops in Somalia despite deadly suicide attack 24 February 2009 3 News 14 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111004142455/http://www.3news.co.nz/News/InternationalNews/African-Union-to-increase-troops-in-Somalia-despite-deadly-suicide-attack/tabid/417/articleID/92516/cat/61/Default.aspx 4 October 2011 dead 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.Somali gov't condemns twin suicide attacks in Mogadishu http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/18/content_12075998.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090924025723/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/18/content_12075998.htm 24 September 2009 dead 2009-09-18 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.21 Killed in Suicide Bomb Attacks on AU Forces in Mogadishu http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-18-voa26.cfm https://web.archive.org/web/20090923124639/http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-18-voa26.cfm 23 September 2009 dead 2009-09-18 Of the dead peacekeepers, 12 were Burundian and five were Ugandan. Four Somali civilians also died in the attacks, which wounded another 40 people. 21 killed in suicide attack on African Union base in Somalia Aftermath Shelling by both al-Shabaab and AMISOM after the bombings killed 19 Somali civilians. References 2009 Category:2009 murders in Somalia Category:21st-century mass murders in Somalia Category:Al-Shabaab (militant group) attacks in Mogadishu Category:Terrorist attacks on airports in Africa Category:2009 building bombings Category:Suicide bombings in 2009 African Union base Category:February 2009 crimes in Africa 2009 Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2009 Category:2009 mass murders 2009 Category:September 2009 in Africa Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Somalia Mogadishu Category:Terrorist incidents in Somalia in 2009 Category:Somali Civil War (2009–present) Category:Car and truck bombings in 2009 Category:Suicide bombings in Mogadishu Category:February 2009 in Africa Category:Attacks on military installations in 2009 Category:Attacks on military installations in Somalia Category:Attacks on government buildings and structures in Mogadishu Category:Airport bombings in Africa