(Sh. M. Network)-At least seven people are reportedly killed more than number were maimed in a heavy fighting... as opposed to the more usual light or desultory fighting...
between two armed militias loyal to local clans dwell in a township near Buhodle city of Togdheer region, reports said.
The firefight broke out after tribal fighters carrying weapons attacked a village run by band of militia loyal to another clan in the area, according to a local resident.
At least seven combatants from both warring sides are confirmed to have been killed in the festivities.
The cause of the skirmish could not be independently verified as the both rival sides have yet to release any comments on the violence.
The town of Buhodle is one of the disputed areas in northern Somalia between the newly established Khatumo state, 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...
and Somaliland.