2025 Godka Jilaow prison attack

2025 Mogadishu prison attack
Part of the Somali Civil War
Location2°02′21.8″N 45°20′21.7″E / 2.039389°N 45.339361°E / 2.039389; 45.339361
Godka Jilaow prison, Bondhere, Mogadishu, Somalia
Date4 October 2025
c.4:40 p.m. – (EAT)
TargetNISA sector
Attack type
Suicide bombing, clashes, gunfire, shootout, siege
WeaponsExplosives, small arms, Toyota Hilux
Deaths7 (all attackers)
Injuredc. 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.