2023 Jaalle Siyaad military academy bombing: what Wikipedia removed
An al-Shabaab suicide bomber killed at least 25 soldiers at a military academy in Mogadishu, Somalia in July 2023. The October 2023 short description called it Jihadist mass murder in Somalia. Today’s short description reads “Al-Shabaab attacked Jaalle Siad Military Academy”; the word jihad survives once in the body but not in the opening. A reader today learns which group attacked and not that Wikipedia’s own opening once described al-Shabaab’s act as jihadist.
The word “jihad” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 6 October 2023. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| jihad | 1 | 0 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- The plain statement of the al-Shabaab suicide bombing was reworded into the current sentence with an updated, higher casualty count.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”6 October 2023 (revision 1178801079):
Jihadist mass murder in Somalia On 24 July 2023 an al-Shabaab suicide bomber killed about 25 soldiers at a military academy in Mogadishu , Somalia. ^ A suicide bomber kills at least 25 at a training academy in Somalia’s capital
2025 (revision 1291138522):
Al-Shabaab attacked Jaalle Siad Military Academy Jaalle Siyaad military academy bombing occurred on 24 July 2023 after an al-Shabaab suicide bomber targeted 14th October Brigade of Somali armed forces , which is killed at least 25 and injured more than 70 soldiers at a Jaalle Siad military academy in Mogadishu , Somalia. ^ “Suicide Bomber Targets Somali Soldiers in Mogadishu” . Voice of America . 2023-07-24 . Retrieved 2024-11-23 . ^ “Suicide Bomber Targets Somali Soldiers in Mogadishu” . Voice of America . 2023-07-24 . Retrieved 2024-11-23 . ^ “A suicide bomber kills at least 25 at a training academy in Somalia’s capital, an army officer says - ABC News” . ABC News . 2023-07-25. Archived fr…
Related
Section titled “Related”- The drift report: what changed across all 61,944 watched articles
- The case file for this article, with every snapshot and every marked removal
- Who made the cuts: removals grouped by the account that made them
- The live article on Wikipedia
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