LasAnod(SomalilandPress)—Reports coming from the provincial capital of Sool, LasAnod have informed SomalilandPress that Somaliland officials in route to the small town of Taleeh have been kidnapped and killed by Puntland militia. The Somaliland delegation that were kidnapped were lead by parliament member Mr. Saleeban Yusuf Ali Koore who hails from the province, attorney general of Sool Province Said Abdi Ali Shire, provincial education Minister and several other top officials from Sool.
The delegation was on a working trip to the small town of Taleeh when militia that was send from the capital of Puntland Garowe ambushed them killing the education director of Taleeh city and taking hostage the rest of the delegation. This Puntland assult on Somaliland government officials does not come as surprise to most since the two regional authorities have not had a good working relationship in yeras.Somaliland government has not spoken about this morning’s attack on Somaliland government official as they were performing their civic duties. Puntland has paraded the captured officials in local TVs and websites as the captured officials sit in jail.Stay tune to SomalilandPress as we try to get more update of the current status of the abducted officials.
Sources, Somalilandpress
