On the morning of Tuesday, January 6, 2026, heavily armed forces belonging to the Banadir Regional Police, equipped with heavy weapons and military vehicles, launched an attack on civilians who were staging a protest against an attempted land grab in the Warlaliska neighborhood of Dayniile District.

According to Dayniile elders who spoke to Kaab TV, the security forces opened fire on the protesting civilians, resulting in six people killed and up to 14 others injured.

Video footage recorded at the scene shows heavy gunfire as residents of Warlaliska were protesting against the seizure of their land and their forced displacement.

During the clashes, youths were seen throwing stones while live ammunition was being fired.

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Abdi Mohamed, one of the traditional elders, said that some of the victims were buried on Thursday and Friday, while the injured remain hospitalized.

“Among the injured is a boy named Abdirahman, who was shot in the liver. Doctors fear for his life, saying his condition cannot be treated inside the country,” Abdi Mohamed said.

On Thursday, traditional elders, women, and families of the victims held a press conference in Mogadishu, calling for the immediate arrest of the officers responsible for killing civilians in Dayniile.

“We are calling for urgent medical assistance for the wounded and for the arrest of those who carried out the killings,” said Amina Yusuf Sheikh, one of the speakers at the event.

NAMES OF THE INJURED

1. Abdicasiis Ahmed Barre

2) Najiib Hagardiid

3) Abdullahi Mohamed Hassan

4) Muhsin Osman Farah

5) Mohamed Sharifow

6) Abdirahman Cajiinka

7) Abdifataah Ali Abdi

8) Abdullahi Mahmoud Macalin

9) Abdirahman Maanka

10) Ahmed Noor

11) Abdirahman Shamuurey

12) Abdirisaq Cujug Yar

13) Haji Mahmoud (elderly man)

14) Abdullahi Hassan Cagey

THE DAYNIILE ATTACK

Media sources learned that the police forces were acting under orders from the Banadir Regional Police Command, which instructed them to forcibly evict civilians from the Warlaliska neighborhood and later sell the land to wealthy businessmen who allegedly reached an agreement with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

According to government sources, the Banadir Regional Police Commissioner, Mahdi Omar Muumin, commonly known as Macallin Mahdi—who previously belonged to the Al-Shabaab terrorist group—personally issued the order.

Families of the victims said that after the attack, Macallin Mahdi called them, warning them not to speak to the media and to remain silent about the killing of civilians.

When journalists visited the hospital where the injured were taken, police officers were deployed to the facility and medical staff were instructed not to allow photographs of the wounded civilians or the bodies of those killed in the Warlaliska neighborhood of Dayniile District.

Initially, the Police Command denied that any deaths had occurred, but later contacted the families and instructed them not to speak to the media.

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