Puntland: Soldiers kill 15 militia members
Security forces on Sunday attacked the base of a militia linked to an krazed killer group and killed 15 gunnies, a regional government minister said.
Yusuf Ahmed Kheir, security minister for the semiautonomous northeastern region of Puntland, said soldiers were countering the militia's attack on an army post near the region's commercial capital, Bossaso.
Militia front man Abdullahi Sheik denied they attacked first, saying the soldiers surprised them. Sheik said no militiamen were killed and only seven were injured. He said that there were civilian casualties but did not give any figures.
Sunday's clash is the second in two weeks between Puntland forces and the militia group, which is led by arms dealer Mohamed Atom. He has been singled out by the U.N. for supplying arms to the al-Shabab krazed killer group.
Posted by: Fred 2010-08-09 |