[SHABELLENEWS] A senior Somali Intelligence officer was reported to have been rubbed out in Galkayo, the capital of Mudug region in central Somalia on Friday, July 21.Residents confirmed to Radio Shabelle the unknown gunnies murdered Hassan Ali Geelle, the officer working for Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA).
The killers managed to escape the scene before the arrival of the security forces, who later launched in investigation into the incident. No group claimed credit for the liquidation.
In a separate incident, assailants hurled a grenade bomb at a cop shoppe in northern Galkayo under 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...
administration.
Local officials said gunnies tried to storm the Police post following the grenade blast, but the security forces repulsed them during a brief confrontation.
No casualties was reported, as a result of the attack, according to the official who spoke to Radio Shabelle on condition of anonymity.