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List of massacres in Somalia

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Somalia (numbers may be approximate):

Name Date Perpretrator Location Deaths including pepretrators Notes
Isaaq genocide 1987 to 1989 Somali Democratic Republic Somali Democratic Republic 50,000–200,000[1]
Mogadishu riots of July 1989 July 14, 1989 Somali Democratic Republic Mogadishu 400
Jazeera Beach Massacre July 15, 1989 Somali Democratic Republic Jazeera Beach, 20 miles south of Mogadishu 47[2]
Bloody Monday raid July 12, 1993  United States Mogadishu UNOSOM II claim - 7 to 20 killed (All male combatants)

Red Cross claim - 215 casualties, including 54 killed

Habar Gidir and SNA claim - 273 casualties, including 73 killed (women and children among deceased) Foreign journalists - 4 killed by mob after the raid[3]
Al-Hidaya Mosque massacre April 19, 2008 Ethiopian National Defense Force Huriwa District, Mogadishu 21[4]
2009 Beledweyne bombing June 18, 2009 Al-Shabaab Beledweyne, Hiiraan 57[5]
2009 Hotel Shamo bombing December 3, 2009 Unknown Mogadishu 25[6]
May 2010 Mogadishu bombings May 1, 2010 Unknown Mogadishu 39[7]
Muna Hotel attack August 24. 2010 Al-Shabaab Mogadishu 32[8]
2011 Mogadishu bombing October 4, 2011 Al-Shabaab Mogadishu 100[9]
2013 United Nations compound attack in Mogadishu June 19, 2013 Al-Shabaab Mogadishu 22[10]
Baidoa suicide bombing February 28, 2016 Al-Shabaab Baidoa 30[11]
Awdiinle massacre July 17, 2016 Ethiopian National Defense Force Awdiinle, 30 km west of Baidoa 13
2024 Lido Beach attack August 2, 2024 Al-Shabaab Lido Beach, Mogadishu 56+[12][13]
2024 Mogadishu tea shop bombing August 17, 2024 Al-Shabaab Daynile, Mogadishu 21+[14]

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