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2024-02-12 Africa Horn
Blast and murder reported in Somalia’s Bosaso port city
11/02/2024
[ShabelleMedia] The reports from the northeastern port city of Bosaso in 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...
state indicate that a small business owner was rubbed out last night by assailants.

The security officials in the city confirmed the button men beat feet from the scene after killing the trader who hails from the Southwest State of Somalia. The motive remains unclear.

In a separate incident, a grenade was hurled at the house of Puntland security minister Ibrahim Artan, causing no casualties, according to the police in the Gulf of Aden city.

In the past few months, Bosaso has witnessed a series of blasts and liquidations targeting security officials and local administration members as well the businesses.

The al-Qaeda-led al-Shabaab
... the personification of Somali state failure...
and ISIS have bases in the mountains of Bari region, where they orchestrate attacks in Bosaso, where they impose tax on the businesses.
Posted by trailing wife 2024-02-12 2024-02-12 03:15|| || Front Page|| [11174 views ]  Top

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