2020 Galkayo bombing
The 2020 Galkayo bombing was an attack by an Al-Shabaab suicide bomber targeting a political rally held in a sports stadium where the Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble was scheduled to speak. The bombing killed 17 people, including several high-ranking officials.[1]
Notable casualties
- Gen. Abdiaziz Abdullahi Qooje - commander of Division 21 of the Somali National Army[2]
- Col. Mukhtar Abdi Adan - regional commander of Danab Brigade, Galmudug Division, 10th Brigade[2]
- Maj. Dhamme Abdirahman Mire Ali - deputy commander of Danab Brigade, Galmudug Division, 10th Brigade[2]
- Mohamud Yasin Ahmed - former mayor of Galkayo, Puntland Division[2]
References
- "Suicide bombing misses Somalia PM, but kills top army commanders". Garowe Online. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
- "Magacyada iyo xilalka mas'uuliyiintii ku dhintay qarixii Gaalkacyo". BBC News Somali (in Somali). Retrieved 2020-12-22.
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