2025 Godka Jilaow prison attack
| 2025 Mogadishu prison attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Somali Civil War | |
| Location | 2°02′21.8″N 45°20′21.7″E / 2.039389°N 45.339361°E Godka Jilaow prison, Bondhere, Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Date | 4 October 2025 c.4:40 p.m. – (EAT) |
| Target | NISA sector |
Attack type | Suicide bombing, clashes, gunfire, shootout, siege |
| Weapons | Explosives, small arms, Toyota Hilux |
| Deaths | 7 (all attackers) |
| Injured | c. 25 |
| Perpetrators | al-Shabaab |
No. of participants | 7 |
On 4 October 2025, seven attackers were killed and multiple others were injured, and several prisoners escaped following an attack on a National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) prison by the militant group al-Shabaab in Somalia. The militants stormed the high-security Godka Jilaow underground prison in the capital, Mogadishu.