October 2022 Beledweyne bombings

On 3 October 2022 in Beledweyne, Somalia, al-Shabaab used three car bombs to kill at least 20 people.

[1] At Lama-Galaay military base in Beledweyne, a city in Hiran, central Somalia, two car bombs were detonated at around 10:30 am.

[1] During the afternoon, another car bomb exploded during its journey to the base.

[1] The attacks killed twenty people, including the health minister of Hirshabelle Zakariye Hurre and Hiran's deputy governor for finance and security, Abukar Madey.

[3] Jihadist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the bombings.