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On January 18, 2020, a ] ]ing killed four and injured at least 20 others in Afgooye, approximately {{convert|30|km|mi}} from the Somali capital, ].<ref name="aljazeera">{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/somalia-turkish-workers-wounded-deadly-al-shabab-car-bombing-200118134453840.html |title=Somalia: Turkish workers wounded in deadly al-Shabab car bombing |website=Al Jazeera |accessdate=18 January 2020 |date=18 January 2020}}</ref> Most of the casualties were ] officers protecting Turkish contractors building a road.<ref name="nyt">{{cite web |first=Abdi |last=Guled |title=At least 2 killed, 20 wounded in bombing near Somali capital |url=https://apnews.com/5208f57020e77221070eae371cdb2696 |website=AP News |date=18 January 2020 |access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref> The ]-linked extremist group ] claimed responsibility for the attack.<ref name="nyt"/><ref name="forces">{{cite web |title=Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility For Suicide Car Bombing In Somalia |url=https://www.forces.net/africa/al-shabab-claims-responsibility-suicide-car-bombing-somalia |website=Forces Network |date=18 January 2020}}</ref> On 18 January 2020, a ] ]ing killed four and injured at least 20 others in Afgooye, approximately {{convert|30|km|mi}} from the Somali capital, ].<ref name="aljazeera">{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/somalia-turkish-workers-wounded-deadly-al-shabab-car-bombing-200118134453840.html |title=Somalia: Turkish workers wounded in deadly al-Shabab car bombing |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=18 January 2020 |date=18 January 2020}}</ref> Most of the casualties were ] officers protecting Turkish contractors building a road.<ref name="ap">{{cite news |first=Abdi |last=Guled |title=At least 2 killed, 20 wounded in bombing near Somali capital |url=https://apnews.com/5208f57020e77221070eae371cdb2696 |work=AP News |date=18 January 2020 |access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref> The ]-linked extremist group ] claimed responsibility for the attack.<ref name="ap"/><ref name="forces">{{cite web |title=Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility For Suicide Car Bombing In Somalia |url=https://www.forces.net/africa/al-shabab-claims-responsibility-suicide-car-bombing-somalia |website=Forces Network |date=18 January 2020 |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>


== Background == == Background ==
Al-Shabaab began as the armed wing<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2008/12/08/so-much-fear/war-crimes-and-devastation-somalia|title='So Much to Fear' {{!}} War Crimes and the Devastation of Somalia|date=2008-12-08|work=Human Rights Watch|access-date=2018-06-09|language=en}}</ref> of the ] (ICU), which later ] into several smaller ] after its defeat in 2006 by Somalia's ] (TFG) and the TFG's Ethiopian military allies. <ref name="Abdisaid2008">Abdisaid M. Ali 2008, , Institut für Strategie Politik Sicherheits und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW), Berlin, Germany, June. Retrieved on 26 August 2008.</ref> Al-Shabaab began as the armed wing<ref>{{Cite report|url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2008/12/08/so-much-fear/war-crimes-and-devastation-somalia|title="So Much to Fear" {{!}} War Crimes and the Devastation of Somalia|date=2008-12-08|publisher=Human Rights Watch|access-date=2018-06-09}}</ref> of the ] (ICU), which later splintered into several smaller ] after its defeat in 2006 by Somalia's ] (TFG) and the TFG's Ethiopian military allies.<ref name="Abdisaid2008">{{cite book|last=Ali |first=Abdisaid M. |year= 2008 |url=https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/55851/AlShabaab.pdf |title=The Al-Shabaab Al-Mujahidiin – A Profile of the First Somali Terrorist Organisation |place=Berlin, Germany|publisher=Institut für Strategie Politik Sicherheits und Wirtschaftsberatung |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>


The group often carries out attacks in Somalia, especially in and around Mogadishu.<ref name="forces" /> 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 ] and ] peacekeeping troops, (]).<ref name="reuters" /> On 14 October 2017, the worst attack by the organization killed more than 500 people with ] that targeted Somalia's capital city ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-blast-toll/death-toll-from-somalia-truck-bomb-in-october-now-at-512-probe-committee-idUSKBN1DU2IC|title=Death toll from Somalia truck bomb in October now at 512: probe committee|date=30 November 2017|work=Reuters}}</ref> The group often carries out attacks in Somalia, especially in and around Mogadishu.<ref name="forces" /> 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 ] and ] peacekeeping troops, (]).<ref name="reuters" /> On 14 October 2017, the worst attack by the organization killed more than 500 people with ] that targeted Somalia's capital city ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-blast-toll/death-toll-from-somalia-truck-bomb-in-october-now-at-512-probe-committee-idUSKBN1DU2IC|title=Death toll from Somalia truck bomb in October now at 512: probe committee|date=30 November 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>


== Turkish involvement in Somalia == == Turkish involvement in Somalia ==
{{see|Somalia–Turkey relations}} {{see|Somalia–Turkey relations}}
Turkey is a large donor of ] and reconstruction to Somalia.<ref name="aljazeera1230">{{cite web |title=Al-Shabab claims deadly attack in Somalia's Mogadishu |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/al-shabaab-claims-deadly-attack-somalia-mogadishu-191231002343929.html |website=Al Jazeera |date=30 December 2019}}</ref> Turkey maintained an ] in ], Somalia's capital, until the outbreak of the ] in 1991.<ref name="Esfrt2">{{cite web|title=Embassy of the Somali Federal Republic in Ankara|url=http://www.somaliembassytr.org/#/foreign-policy/4559661853|publisher=Embassy of the Somali Federal Republic in Ankara|accessdate=12 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820030347/http://www.somaliembassytr.org/#/foreign-policy/4559661853|archive-date=20 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the ] of 2011, Turkey contributed over $201 million to the humanitarian relief efforts in the impacted parts of Somalia.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkey-raises-201-million-for-somalia-2011-08-26 | work=Hurriyet | title=Turkey raises $201 million for Somalia | date=August 26, 2011}}</ref> Turkey assisted in the building of several hospitals, and helped renovate and rehabilitate the ] and the National Assembly building, among other initiatives.<ref name="nation">, Rasna Warah, Saturday Nation, 1 April 2012.</ref> Turkey is a large donor of ] and reconstruction to Somalia.<ref name="aljazeera1230">{{cite news |title=Al-Shabab claims deadly attack in Somalia's Mogadishu |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/al-shabaab-claims-deadly-attack-somalia-mogadishu-191231002343929.html |work=Al Jazeera |date=31 December 2019|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> Turkey maintained an ] in ], Somalia's capital, until the outbreak of the ] in 1991.<ref name="Esfrt2">{{cite web|title=Foreign Policy |url=http://www.somaliembassytr.org/foreign-policy/4559661853|publisher=Embassy of the Somali Federal Republic in Ankara|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823122149/http://www.somaliembassytr.org/foreign-policy/4559661853|archive-date=23 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the ], Turkey contributed over $201 million to the humanitarian relief efforts in the impacted parts of Somalia.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkey-raises-201-million-for-somalia-2011-08-26 | work=Hürriyet| title=Turkey raises $201 million for Somalia | date=26 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908092346/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkey-raises-201-million-for-somalia-2011-08-26|archive-date=8 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Turkey assisted in the building of several hospitals, and helped renovate and rehabilitate the ] and the National Assembly building, among other initiatives.<ref name="nation">{{cite news|last=Warah|first=Rasna |url=http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Why-Turkish-aid-model-is-proving-to-be-a-success-/-/440808/1378016/-/item/0/-/7rmpkt/-/index.html |title=Why Turkish aid model is proving to be a success in Somalia and elsewhere |work=Daily Nation |date=1 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110212547/http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Why-Turkish-aid-model-is-proving-to-be-a-success-/-/440808/1378016/-/item/0/-/7rmpkt/-/index.html|archive-date=10 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Attack == == Attack ==
Al-Shabaab militants detonated a car bomb near ], which is in ] and is approximately {{convert|30|km|mi}} from Mogadishu.<ref name="aljazeera" /> A Somali Police commander said the intended target was Turkish construction workers.<ref name="forces" /> The suicide bomber sped into an area where the engineers and police were having lunch.<ref name="reuters" /> Local witnesses described a "massive explosion" and "clouds of smoke". <ref name="aljazeera" /> The casualties were mostly police officers providing security.<ref name="forces" /> Following the attack, al-Shabab issued a statement, "We are behind the martyrdom of the suicide car bomb in Afgoye".<ref name="reuters" /> Al-Shabaab militants detonated a car bomb near ], which is in ] and is approximately {{convert|30|km|mi}} from Mogadishu.<ref name="aljazeera" /> A Somali police commander said the intended target was Turkish construction workers.<ref name="forces" /> The suicide bomber sped into an area where the engineers and police were having lunch.<ref name="reuters" /> Local witnesses described a "massive explosion" and "clouds of smoke".<ref name="aljazeera" /> The casualties were mostly police officers providing security.<ref name="forces" /> Following the attack, al-Shabaab issued a statement, "We are behind the martyrdom of the suicide car bomb in Afgoye".<ref name="reuters" />


== Reactions == == Reactions ==
The ] wrote on ]: "We curse and condemn in the strongest terms the bomb terror attack which targeted innocent civilians in Somalia".<ref name="reuters">{{cite web |last1=Sheikh |first1=Abdi |title=Car bomb attack wounds Turkish contractors, police near Somali capital |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-blast/car-bomb-attack-wounds-turkish-contractors-police-near-somali-capital-idUSKBN1ZH08F |website=Reuters |date=18 January 2020}}</ref> The Turkish ] wrote on ]: "We curse and condemn in the strongest terms the bomb terror attack which targeted innocent civilians in Somalia".<ref name="reuters">{{cite news |last=Sheikh |first=Abdi |title=Car bomb attack wounds Turkish contractors, police near Somali capital |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-blast/car-bomb-attack-wounds-turkish-contractors-police-near-somali-capital-idUSKBN1ZH08F |work=Reuters |date=18 January 2020|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>


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Suicide car bombing

2020 Afgooye bombing
Part of the Somali Civil War (2009–present)
Afgoye is located in SomaliaAfgoyeAfgoyeAfgoye (Somalia)
LocationAfgooye, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Date18 January 2020 (2020-01-18)
Attack typeSuicide car bombing
WeaponsCar bomb
Deaths4 (+1 suicide bomber)
Injured20
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(2009–present)
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On 18 January 2020, a suicide car bombing killed four and injured at least 20 others in Afgooye, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Most of the casualties were police officers protecting Turkish contractors building a road. The al-Qaeda-linked extremist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.

Background

Al-Shabaab began as the armed wing 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.

The group often carries out attacks in Somalia, especially in and around Mogadishu. 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). 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.

Turkish involvement in Somalia

Further information: Somalia–Turkey relations

Turkey is a large donor of humanitarian aid and reconstruction to Somalia. Turkey maintained an embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, until the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991. During the drought of 2011, Turkey contributed over $201 million to the humanitarian relief efforts in the impacted parts of Somalia. 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.

Attack

Al-Shabaab militants detonated a car bomb near Afgooye, which is in Lower Shabelle and is approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Mogadishu. A Somali police commander said the intended target was Turkish construction workers. The suicide bomber sped into an area where the engineers and police were having lunch. Local witnesses described a "massive explosion" and "clouds of smoke". The casualties were mostly police officers providing security. Following the attack, al-Shabaab issued a statement, "We are behind the martyrdom of the suicide car bomb in Afgoye".

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".

References

  1. ^ "Somalia: Turkish workers wounded in deadly al-Shabab car bombing". Al Jazeera. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  2. ^ Guled, Abdi (18 January 2020). "At least 2 killed, 20 wounded in bombing near Somali capital". AP News. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility For Suicide Car Bombing In Somalia". Forces Network. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. "So Much to Fear" | War Crimes and the Devastation of Somalia (Report). Human Rights Watch. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  5. Ali, Abdisaid M. (2008). The Al-Shabaab Al-Mujahidiin – A Profile of the First Somali Terrorist Organisation (PDF). Berlin, Germany: Institut für Strategie Politik Sicherheits und Wirtschaftsberatung. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  6. ^ Sheikh, Abdi (18 January 2020). "Car bomb attack wounds Turkish contractors, police near Somali capital". Reuters. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  7. "Death toll from Somalia truck bomb in October now at 512: probe committee". Reuters. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  8. "Al-Shabab claims deadly attack in Somalia's Mogadishu". Al Jazeera. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  9. "Foreign Policy". Embassy of the Somali Federal Republic in Ankara. Archived from the original on 23 August 2015.
  10. "Turkey raises $201 million for Somalia". Hürriyet. 26 August 2011. Archived from the original on 8 September 2011.
  11. Warah, Rasna (1 April 2012). "Why Turkish aid model is proving to be a success in Somalia and elsewhere". Daily Nation. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.
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