2008 Mogadishu bombing

Terrorist incident in Somalia August 2008 February 2026 2008 Mogadishu bombing Somalia regions map Banaadir.svg Mogadishu Region (or Banaadir Region), highlighted in red within Somalia. Mogadishu, Somalia (Maka Al Mukarama Road) Somali women August 3, 2008 UTC+3, EAT Roadside bombing at least 21 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. Quotes "It suddenly turned the area into a carnage, scattering body parts of the street cleaners into a large area," said witness Asha Ise Gedi. "There were pools of blood everywhere. I have never seen such mass killing."http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/03/somalia.strife/index.html Somalia bomb kills 21 women street cleaners - CNN.com CNN 2008-08-03 2022-05-28 "They were innocent poor mothers or sisters," Gedi said. "Why did they deserve this?" Investigation It is unclear who is behind the attack. Mogadishu Mayor Mohamed Omar Habeb Dhere, who was recently fired by the country's prime minister, blamed the Islamic Courts Union for waging the attack. But the head of the Islamist insurgent group, Abid Rahim Ise Adow, denied any involvement and blamed Somalia's government for orchestrating the attack. The victims were participating in a program that allows Somali women to work as street cleaners in exchange for food. The United Nations' World Food Program organized the program, which began last year and is administered by Mogadishu's regional authority. References Somalia 2008 bombing Category:2008 murders in Somalia Category:21st-century mass murders in Somalia Category:August 2008 crimes in Africa Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in 2008 2008 bombing Category:2008 mass murders 2008 bombing Category:Massacres of women Category:War in Somalia (2006–2009) 2008 bombing Category:Terrorist incidents in Somalia in 2008 Category:August 2008 in Africa Category:Violence against women in Somalia Category:2008 road incidents Category:Road incidents in Somalia