Somali National Charged In Kidnapping Teen And Raping Multiple Women In Minnesota, Feds Say

ST. PAUL, MN — Federal prosecutors in Minnesota have charged 28-year-old Somali national Abdimahat Bille Mohamed with kidnapping and kidnapping a minor after investigators linked him to a series of kidnappings, rapes, and gang rapes involving at least five victims between 2017 and 2025, according to a federal complaint unsealed this week.

Prosecutors say Mohamed kidnapped and raped a 15-year-old girl in 2017 and an adult woman in 2025, and that he raped multiple women in the years between. He faces a mandatory minimum of 20 years in prison and up to life if convicted.

Attorney General Pamela Bondi said the case shows how “left-wing soft-on-crime policies and vetting failures put innocent people at dire risk.”

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche called the allegations “sickening” and said Minnesota’s policies have “created an environment where predators believe they can act without consequence.”

U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen said his office will “aggressively prosecute this serial rapist.”

Minnesota court records show Mohamed was previously convicted in state court of two felony sex crimes, a 2017 third-degree criminal sexual conduct case and a 2024 fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct case, while several additional kidnapping and higher-degree sex assault charges filed against him were later dismissed.

The FBI is investigating whether Mohamed committed additional sexual offenses. Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI.

The federal charges come as the Trump administration intensifies federal enforcement actions that have specifically focused on Somali nationals in Minnesota.

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2017: 15-year-old kidnapped, threatened at gunpoint

According to the complaint, Mohamed met the 15-year-old girl on Snapchat in 2017 and agreed to give her a ride. Instead, he drove her against her will to Minneapolis, where two additional men entered the vehicle. One pointed a revolver at her head and threatened to kill her unless she complied.

Investigators say Mohamed and the men then sexually assaulted her.

A 2024 DNA match tied Mohamed to swabs collected from the girl after the assault, authorities said.

2018: Two more women were assaulted in separate attacks

The complaint says Mohamed and two others raped a woman in Roseville in February 2018. Police responded after a Lyft driver called 911 when the victim told him what had happened. DNA recovered from a condom matched Mohamed, according to investigators.

Three months later, in May 2018, Mohamed allegedly kidnapped and raped another woman after picking her up outside her St. Paul home.

A second man later entered the car with a handgun and threatened to kill her unless she performed oral sex, the complaint states. DNA from that assault also matched Mohamed in 2024, according to the BCA.

2024: Woman assaulted and threatened with a gun

Prosecutors say Mohamed raped a woman in May 2024 after taking her and her sister to his Minneapolis apartment. When the woman resisted, he threatened to get a gun and shoot her or her sister, the complaint says. Her sister escaped and called the police, who arrived to find Mohamed still with the victim. Mohamed was arrested that night.

2025: Kidnapping victim held nearly a week

Investigators say Mohamed picked up another woman in Mankato in September 2025, drove away despite her protests, and told her, “you are not going home.”

He allegedly took her about 70 miles to a Bloomington hotel, where he held her for nearly a week and raped her twice. She eventually escaped by jumping out of Mohamed’s car and ran to a bystander for help. DNA from the victim matched Mohamed’s sample, according to the complaint.