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.[1] Most of the casualties were police officers protecting Turkish contractors building a road.[2] The al-Qaeda-linked extremist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.[2][3]
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