Somali-run day care vandalized after viral video [FULL]

FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul reports on a break-in and vandalism at Ncom Daycare Center, a Somali-run childcare facility in Minnesota. According to the video, an intruder broke into the facility between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m., entering through the back kitchen and damaging office doors. FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul reports that important documents—including child enrollment records and employee documentation—were allegedly taken, along with checkbooks.

The daycare manager, Nasah Muhammad, connects the break-in to what he describes in the video as a previous viral video making false claims about fraud in Somali daycare centers. According to FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, Muhammad states that this inflammatory content has triggered hateful messages and threats directed at the Somali community. Muhammad alleges that staff have received threatening voice messages in the days following the break-in.

Mary Soulheim, a child care provider from Maplewood, offers context in the video, arguing that the break-in reflects “inflammatory rhetoric” and “constant barrage of harassment” targeting Somali childcare providers. According to FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul’s reporting, Soulheim alleges that federal child care funding for Minnesota has been frozen under the guise of rooting out fraud, and she claims this action disproportionately harms Somali providers. She notes in the video that Minnesota’s child care assistance program serves over 20,000 children across more than 4,000 programs.

Sadia Adam, a parent whose children attended the facility, expresses concerns about safety and displacement. According to FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, Adam states she can no longer bring her children to the daycare due to fear, leaving her without childcare support needed to work. She also describes experiencing targeting and accusations based on her Somali heritage.

Amina Adden, speaking on behalf of anonymous Somali childcare providers, characterizes what the video presents as targeting of an entire community. According to FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, Adden alleges that Somali providers are “being used in a political game” and claims that recent enforcement surges have caused “trauma to our community entirely.”

When pressed by the reporter about police statements that nothing was reportedly taken, Muhammad clarifies that staff initially focused on damages and later called police back to report items missing. He expresses concern about sensitive information, including parent and child addresses, that he alleges were taken during the break-in.

The video captures statements from community members and the daycare manager asserting that Somali childcare providers are being unfairly targeted, while also supporting government accountability for actual fraud. According to FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul’s framing, speakers distinguish between holding bad actors accountable and alleging that entire Somali provider communities are being stereotyped based on isolated incidents or unverified claims.

In FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul’s Own Words

“This is sad that one video can cause all of this. A false claim about fraud that is happening in daycarees engaged everyone else to come and do this to us.”

“Somali child care providers are being used in a political game. The state is freezing child care funding based on a video full of misinformation.”

“Can you imagine if two Somali men knocked on doors of a child care center with mostly white children and demanded where are the children? They would be arrested immediately.”