2008 Hargeisa–Bosaso bombings

Terrorist incident in Somalia 2008 Hargeisa–Bosaso bombings BoosaasoSomalia&land map.png Location of Bosaso and Hargeisa Bosaso, SomaliaHargeisa, Somaliland Bosaso: Puntland Intelligence Service officesHargeisa: presidential palace, Ethiopian consulate, UNDP offices October 29, 2008 Suicide car bombings 30http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/29/somalia.blast/index.html?iref=24hours 'Many dead' as blasts hit Somali cities CNN 2008-10-29 2008-10-29 80 The Hargeisa–Bosaso bombings occurred on October 29, 2008, when six[tt_news]=34239&tx_ttnews[backPid]=167&no_cache=1 Somaliland Charges al-Shabaab Extremists with Suicide Bombings http://www.jamestown.org/programs/gta/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=497&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=180&no_cache=1 Lashkar-e-Jhangvi: Sectarian Violence in Pakistan and Ties to International Terrorism | the Jamestown Foundation 2017-06-18 2014-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20140903120850/http://www.jamestown.org/programs/gta/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=497&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=180&no_cache=1 bot: unknown suicide bombers attacked in coordinated car bombings targets in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, and the Puntland port of Bosaso in northeastern Somalia. The bombings killed at least 30 people.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/10/2008102993331438553.html Suicide blasts hit northern Somalia Al Jazeera 2008-10-29 2008-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20081030004323/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/10/2008102993331438553.html 30 October 2008 live Attack details 25% left These were suicide attacks. Two car bombs destroyed two centres of the anti-terrorism unit. There are casualties but we have to investigate and we cannot give more information at the moment. Presidential adviser Bile Mohamoud Qabowsade Targets in Hargeisa include the presidential palace, the Ethiopian consulate, and UNDP offices, while in Bosaso the offices of the Puntland Intelligence Service were hit.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7696986.stm Deadly car bombs hit Somaliland BBC 2008-10-29 2008-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20081030004519/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7696986.stm 30 October 2008 live Twenty people were killed at Ethiopia's consulate in Hargeisa, while at least five were killed in the synchronized blasts at the local president's office and a UN building there. Two of the dead in the latter location were UN staff members, a driver and a security adviser. Six UN staff members were also injured in the blast that blew off the roofs of the UN compound. The UN humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, Mark Bowden, said: "While Somalia is one of the most dangerous places in the world for aid workers, Hargeisa has been relatively stable and consequently many United Nations staff were stationed there."" Medical staff in Bosaso said October 30 that two more soldiers wounded in the intelligence headquarters blasts died overnight, bringing to at least five the victims of that strike." Investigation Arrests Authorities in the Puntland said they had arrested a prominent local sheik, Mohamud Ismail, for this attack and several others in a recent wave of attacks. A relative of the sheik, Abdishakur Mire, said: "Soldiers attacked our house and opened fire on us. They injured my uncle in the arm and then took him away." Authorities declined to give further details. However, the Interior Minister, Abdillahi Ismail, said the blasts were planned from Mogadishu.https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/somali-cleric-suspected-of-suicide-attacks-arrested-1.729601 Somali cleric suspected of suicide attacks arrested CBC News Reuters 2008-10-30 2008-10-31 Ismail was eventually released on November 10.allAfrica.com: Somalia: Man Suspected in Bossaso Bombing Freed By Puntland Possible U.S. link Authorities in Minneapolis, Minnesota, were investigating whether Shirwa Ahmed, a Somali immigrant and Minneapolis resident, was one of the suicide bombers in the attack.http://www.startribune.com/local/35108894.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUqyE5D7UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU Tuesday: Missing Twin Cities Somalis, terror ties probed Minneapolis Star Tribune JAMES WALSH, LORA PABST and PAM LOUWAGIE 2008-11-25 2008-11-27 https://archive.today/20090713064419/http://www.startribune.com/local/35108894.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUqyE5D7UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU July 13, 2009 dead http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S678523.shtml?cat=10728 FEDS: Twin Cities man behind Somalia bombing KAAL-TV Sam Zeff 2008-11-25 2008-11-27September 2016 medicmedic Reactions The presidents of Somaliland and the Puntland state of Somalia condemned the bombings. Dahir Rayale Kahin, president of Somaliland, claimed that the attacks were an attack on Somaliland's "nationhood", and rare in the relatively peaceful breakaway state. He also stated that everything would be done to find out who was responsible for the attacks. Responsible faction While no groups have taken responsibility for the attacks, an Islamist insurgency group, Al-Shabaab, is believed to be responsible.http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnJOE49S0AZ.html Suicide bombers kill at least 28 in Somalia Reuters 2008-10-29 2008-10-29 https://archive.today/20130201233817/http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnJOE49S0AZ.html 2013-02-01 dead Suspicion fell, by at large, on Islamist insurgents in general who were fighting the Somali government and its Ethiopian military allies. Al-Shabaab posted a video of a suicide bomber on the Internet but did not explicitly link this to the attacks. The United States, however, blamed al-Qaeda, which it says works through Shabaab, for the attacks which overshadowed a summit in Kenya to discuss the 17-year-long conflict in Somalia. 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