AFGOYE (KAAB TV) – At least five officers of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) were killed in Afgooye, a town about 30 kilometers from Mogadishu, on Saturday night, igniting tensions fueled by clan rivalries.
Residents told Kaab TV that heavily armed men, believed to be affiliated with the Somali government, raided the home of a mid-ranking NISA officer and his police guards.
The officer and four of his guards were killed in the attack.
According to locals, two children also lost their lives during the raid, while several civilians, including an elderly woman, were injured in the crossfire between the two forces.
The operation was reportedly conducted by NISA forces from Mogadishu.
Local elders, who staged a protest on Sunday, said the majority of those killed belonged to the Galadi clan of the Rahanweyn, condemning the midnight raid.
Abdirahman Shaam, a resident of Afgooye, reported that at least seven men from the area were also abducted during the raid and remain missing.
In the wake of the killings, unrest has spread in Afgooye, with protests by relatives of the victims and local residents.
Neither the Somali government nor the South West State administration has commented on the incident so far. The bodies of the slain officers remain in cold storage, as families refuse to proceed with burial until justice is served.