Article

2012-07-09 Africa Horn

(Sh. M. Network)- Heavy kaboom was heard in the heart of Las'anod town, the capital of Somalia's northern province of Sool, Witnesses and Officials said on Sunday.

Residents said Unknown assailants attacked with a hand grenade on a home for the head of Somaliland's spy for Sool region, Arab Ibrahim, killing 1 and injuring three, all from the relatives of Mr. Ibrahim.

"At least one person dead and three others sustained serious wounds in a hand grenade attack in Las' anod city of northern Somalia," Witnesses said on Sunday.

Mr. Ibrahim was reported to have escaped the attack unhurt.

Somaliland security forces begun urgent investigations on the blast in the town, arresting ten people suspected over the attack, according to the locals, whom Shabelle Media contacted on the phone.

There is an alarming territorial dispute over the northern Somali regions of Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) between the autonomous 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...
,Somaliland and the newly established Khaatumo state.

Las Anod town and its surrounding area has been the site of several major skirmishes in recent months between the self-declared Somaliland military and fighters loyal to Khaatumo state.

Posted by Fred 2012-07-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

04:38 Grom the Reflective
04:37 Skidmark
04:32 Grom the Reflective
03:58 Whiskey Mike
03:07 Grom the Reflective
03:06 Grom the Reflective
03:03 Grom the Reflective
03:01 Grom the Reflective
03:00 Grom the Reflective
02:49 Grom the Reflective
02:48 Grom the Reflective
02:11 DooDahMan
02:07 DooDahMan
02:06 Besoeker
02:06 DooDahMan
01:46 Besoeker
01:30 Besoeker
01:13 Besoeker
00:58 Xyz
00:52 Besoeker
00:41 Besoeker