She was young and didn’t have access to the resources. This man needs to be named and shamed. Ironically, your doing the same thing and trying to bury it aswell by saying they should call the cops and just keep it between whoever is involved. The mother only shamed the men and he deserves to be exposed and go to jail.Amiin.
Somalis do believe their people can do harm. But we do have a mindset of burying those things rather than deal with them.
To my original point, if your friend had reported that man..he would've been exposed to everyone who needed to know without traumatizing the kids in a society. The kids need to move on.