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Africa Horn
Several Killed In Grenade Attack In Bosaso City
2018-03-17
[RADIOSHABELLE] At least three people were killed and two others injured Thursday night in a grenade attack in Bosaso, the commercial citu of Somalia’s northeastern Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
region, police said.

Mohammed Jama, a police officer in Bosaso, confirmed the incident on Friday.

The attackers hurled hand grenades at security officers at a checkpoint in Bosaso, killing one soldier and two civilians, Jama told media.

Al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
has grabbed credit for the attack.

Bosaso has seen several such attacks in recent months, all conducted by the al-Shabaab myrmidon group
Posted by:Fred

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