Alerts in Somalia

Widespread Condemnation of Somali University Bombing

Alert

Date: 14 December 2009

On 3 December, a suicide bomber attacked a Benadir University graduation ceremony at the Shamo Hotel in Mogadishu, killing at least 22 people including medical students, doctors and the Somali government ministers for education, higher education and health. The explosion injured a further 90 people.