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A Minneapolis-based daycare operated by members of the Somali community has reported a break-in, during which crucial documents, including children’s enrollment records, employee files, and checkbooks, were stolen.
Nasrulah Mohamed, the 20-year-old manager of Nokomis Day Care Center, informed reporters that the break-in happened on Tuesday. The intruder allegedly entered through the kitchen at the back of the facility and damaged a wall to access the office, according to a report by the New York Post.
Mohamed attributes the incident to a viral video released by citizen journalist Nick Shirley, which purportedly exposes fraud at numerous daycare centers across Minnesota.
“This is devastating news, and we’re at a loss as to why our Somali community is being targeted,” Mohamed stated, suggesting that the video initiated this series of events. He also noted that the daycare had received “hateful” and “threatening” messages in recent days.
“This is frightening and exhausting,” Mohamed expressed, labeling Shirley’s report as “false.”
“This is frightening and exhausting,” he said, before calling Shirley’s report “false.”
Nokomis Day Care Center is not one of the facilities included in Shirley’s video, which has been viewed more than 132 million times on X to date.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) which has been linked to Hamas and designated by several states as a terrorist criminal organization, rushed to the defense of Nokomis in a statement on Wednesday.
“This disturbing incident raises serious concerns about the real-world consequences of anti-Somali, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim hate speech circulating online,” said Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of CAIR. “When misinformation and dehumanizing rhetoric about an entire community are allowed to spread unchecked, acts of intimidation and vandalism become more likely. Even though this day care had no connection to the viral video being circulated online, it was still targeted. That raises serious questions about whether bias played a role in the vandalism, and those questions deserve a thorough investigation by law enforcement authorities.”
The Minneapolis Police Department told Fox9 that the day care reported the break-in the morning of December 30 and that early information indicates the facility was broken into overnight while it was closed. Police said daycare staff informed them about what was allegedly taken from the building on Wednesday morning.
The incident occurred while at least $1 billion in fraud has been uncovered in Minneapolis, “including fraudulent food, housing and child care payments, with warnings from the US Attorney’s Office that the true figure could be as high as $9 billion,” the Post reported.
So far, 92 people have been arrested in connection with the scheme, and 80 of them are Somali immigrants.
President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Tuesday evening announced the freezing of all childcare payments to Minnesota — which was $185 million in 2025 — until state authorities provide proof that the payments are legitimate.
