December 2018 Mogadishu bombing

On 22 December 2018, a suicide car bombing occurred in Mogadishu, Somalia.^[1] The bomber detonated it at a military checkpoint near Somalia's presidential palace, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 20 others.^[1] Those killed include soldiers and three staff members of Universal Television.^[1] The injured include an MP and a deputy mayor of Mogadishu.^[1]

Jihadist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.^[1]