source: Undisclosed Source
actor1: Military Forces of Somalia (2017-) National Intelligence and Security Agency
actor2: Civilians (Somalia)
location: Mogadishu - Hodan
notes: Three NISA soldiers on duty at Dabka junction road neighbourhood mistakenly shot at a journalist whom they had suspected to be al Shabaab. The journalist also suspected the undercover soldiers to be al Shabaab militants and attempted to escape. The journalist was eventually arrested by the undercover soldiers and was allegedly tortured. Police officers later arrived at the scene and identified the victim as a journalist. The journalist was taken for medical treatment after receiving multiple gunshot wounds.