Somali News in English | The Somali Digest

Facebook Twitter Instagram Telegram Whatsapp
somali-digest-logo
Menu
  • Top Stories
  • Somalia FMS News
    • Galmudug News
    • Hirshabelle News
    • Jubaland News
    • Puntland News
    • Southwest Somalia News
    • Somaliland News
    • SSC Somalia News
  • Somalia Politics News
    • Economy & Development
    • Education & Youth
    • Health & Environment
    • Society & Culture
  • Somalia Security News
Home Features

Undercover NISA agent shot dead by security forces in Mogadishu

Editor by Editor
July 26, 2023
in Features, Somalia Security News
0
Undercover NISA agent shot dead by security forces in Mogadishu
33
SHARES
219
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

By Jama:

Yaqshid District, Mogadishu, Somalia –

An undercover agent of Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) was shot dead by security forces in Mogadishu’s Yaqshid District last night.

The Somali Digest conducted interviews with reliable sources within the Yaqshid District, who confirmed how the tragic incident exactly happened.

An undercover NISA officer dressed in plain clothes declined to show his identity documents to security personnel. Upon the refusal, the officer drew a pistol, leading the security forces to open fire and ultimately resulting in his death.

Although the jihadist group al-Shabaab does not seem to be involved in this killing, the militants often conduct attacks or targeted killings in the Yaqshid District.

Insecurity in Yaqshid

On Sunday afternoon, the jihadist group assassinated Hassan Ahmed Mudey, the former Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation of the HirShabelle State. Residents reported that Mudey was targeted just after leaving the mosque in Mogadishu’s Yaqshid district, where he had finished his afternoon prayer. The attackers escaped the scene before security forces arrived.

On July 2, the Yaqshid District again became a target when an IED allegedly planted by al-Shabaab claimed the lives of four police officers and injured several others. “I was taking my children to Darul Salaam Gardens when, approximately halfway along the industrial road to Darul Salaam, we suddenly heard a loud explosion followed by gunfire. I witnessed the injured soldiers being rushed to the hospital in a bajaj [a local name for a three-wheeled motor vehicle, also known as a tuk-tuk],” one of the eyewitnesses described to the Somali Digest.

Although al-Shabaab has been driven out of major urban centres in Somalia, the group still wields influence and maintains control over vast rural areas. Consequently, it continues to carry out attacks and assassinations against both security forces and civilians, including within the capital city.

Tags: agentMogadishuNISASomalia securityYaqshid
Previous Post

Former HirShabelle minister assassinated in Mogadishu by al-Shabaab

Next Post

MSF quits Las Anod operations, quotes extreme violence 

Editor

Editor

Next Post
MSF quits Las Anod operations, quotes extreme violence 

MSF quits Las Anod operations, quotes extreme violence 

Latest News

  • All
  • Education & Youth
  • Features
  • Galmudug News
  • Hirshabelle News
  • Kenya
  • Somalia Politics News
  • Rule of Law & Corruption
  • Society & Culture
JSP Somalia Mogadishu NCC Hassan Sheikh
Features

NCC Rebranded as Ruling Party as President Launches Bid for Reelection

by Jama
May 14, 2025
0

Somalia’s National Consultative Conference (NCC) has shed its advisory skin and reemerged as the Justice and Solidarity Party (JSP), a...

Read moreDetails
Somalia Mogadishu NCC

Mogadishu Warned Over Unilateral Reforms as Al-Shabab Gains Ground

May 9, 2025
President Deni Somalia Puntland

President Deni Rejects NCC, Sets New Regional Priorities for Puntland

April 26, 2025
AUSSOM Somalia Al-Shabab

Somalia and AU Reverse Drawdown with Proposed 8,000-Troop Surge

April 26, 2025
Al-Shabab Somalia Wargadhi

Wargaadhi Base Briefly Overrun by Al-Shabaab

April 24, 2025
The-somali-digest-logo2

Welcome to The Somali Digest, your premier online source for all things Somali. Our mission is to provide you with the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and insightful news and features regarding Somalia and its diaspora.

Important Links

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Newsletter

Useful Link

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Help/FAQ
Facebook Instagram Telegram Whatsapp

©2023 The Somali Digest. All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
    • Home – Layout 1

© 2023 The Somali Digest. All Right Reserved.