Al-Shabaab militants killed a number of people after they attacked a residential house in Southwest State on November 24.
Security sources confirmed that the incident took place in Wajid town, which is the semiautonomous region of Southwest on Tuesday night.
Four of those killed in the attack were children.
They were killed together with their parents.
Officials from the local administration condemned the attack, especially now that an entire family has been wiped out.