Plane Propeller Kills Bodyguard of Mogadishu Police Chief

Somali police officer Mukhtar Qasim Samay died on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, on the tarmac at Dhusamareb Airport after being struck in the head by the still-turning propeller of the plane he had just left. He was part of the team protecting Ma’alin Mahdi, Mogadishu’s police chief, and died at the scene, according to Dalsan TV. Mahdi and his security detail had arrived at night in Galmudug’s administrative capital ahead of the planned Thursday inauguration of the region’s new leader, Liban Ahmed Hassan.