Armed gunmen in Middle Shabelle shot and killed a mother and her two children on Sunday, November 8.
Security agents said that the gunmen killed the mother and her daughters in the Middle Shabelle town of Warsheikh.
One of the children is only 40-days old.
Two other members of that family suffered various types of injuries. They are currently in hospital receiving medical treatment.
Abdullahi Rageh Olow, a local Warsheikh official, confirmed the shocking incident.
Olow said that police officers are hot on the trails of the suspected unidentified gunmen who fled the scene immediately after committing the heinous crime.
Abdikadir Arabow Ibrahim, a federal legislator, condemned the incident as “un-Islamic.”
He called upon the local administration, scholars, and religious leaders to condemn such attacks against women and children.