Mogadishu, Somalia (WDN)— An elderly farmer was killed in Mogadishu on 14 December 2025, an incident that allegedly involved government security forces loyal to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
The family, relatives and elders of the Sheikhaal clan have issued an urgent demand for justice following the killing of the elderly farmer. At a press conference held on Tuesday, clan elders and family members said they will refuse to bury the victim’s body until all those responsible—including security personnel and any officials involved—are arrested and held accountable.
According to relatives and witnesses, the victim was killed near Ceelasha Biyaha, on the outskirts of Mogadishu. Witnesses allege that after the killing, the man’s body was dragged behind a government vehicle for a considerable distance before being abandoned in an open area. Elders described the incident as “unprecedented” and “uncivilized.”
Clan representatives stated that the alleged perpetrators were Somali government forces operating in broad daylight, using a Toyota vehicle bearing official police markings and license plates. They said the manner of the killing and the treatment of the body constituted a grave violation of human dignity and the law.
“The family will not bury their relative until justice is done,” one elder said. “This is not only about one man; it is about the protection of civilians and the rule of law.”
The elders and relatives called on Somalis nationwide and the international community, particularly international partners that fund and support Somalia’s government, to take note of what they described as ongoing abuses, unlawful killings, corruption, and misuse of powerby state actors.
They urged the case to be widely shared with international embassies and institutions, including the United Nations and its agencies (UNTMIS, OHCHR, UNHRC, UNODC), theAfrican Union and its Peace and Security Council, AUSSOM, theEast African Community, and governments and organizations such as theUnited States, United Kingdom, European Union, Turkey, UAE, Qatar, Arab League, OIC, China, Russia, France, as well as the ICC, ICJ, and other bodies working on human rights, justice, and accountability.
In their statement, the elders said immediate accountability is necessary to halt what they described as a pattern of abuses and to prevent further harm to civilians.
They expressed concern that previous complaints over the past three years had been ignored, alleging that during this period the current government committed serious abuses of power and violations of the constitution, the law, and basic moral standards. “Even during the era of warlords and the absence of government,” the statement said, “such open acts of brutality and immorality were not witnessed.”
Somali authorities have not yet issued an official response to the allegations.
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