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ISIS seizes key area in Somalia's Puntland after battle

2021-08-21

[Garowe] In what could be a show of their presence in Somalia, the ISIS gunnies late last night captured a strategic town 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...
, a move that could ignite tough battles with security forces in the Federal State which is facing a terrorist threat.

According to reports, the ISIS fighters captured Balidhidin town in the Bari region, becoming the first city in years to fall to the murderous Moslems, whose presence in Puntland has been expanding according to analysts. The ~~bandidos~~ bully boyz are mostly domiciled in the Golis mountains.

During the raid, authorities said, the ~~bandidos~~ bully boyz killed District Commissioner Ahmed Mohammed besides injuring a civilian. It's not clear why they eliminated the commissioner but the ~~bandidos~~ bully boyz have often targeted security forces and senior government officials.

The fighters stormed the city at around 20:00 hours, ransacking government premises before taking over the town. Authorities in Puntland have condemned the attack which is the latest terrorist incident in the region.

But over the past months, Puntland Security Forces [PSF] have been intensifying crackdown against both al-Shabaab

...... the personification of Somali state failure...
and ISIS gunnies across the state, even managing to destroy their camps besides capturing a number of them.

Dozens of the ~~bandidos~~ bully boyz have also been killed in the process. Particularly, the security forces have managed to eliminate imported muscle working with IS-Somalia murderous Moslems, who have been training locals in parts of Puntland according to intelligence reports.

The IS-Somalia has tried to develop a base in Puntland but they have been getting resistance from the rival al-Shabaab group. The two groups have often clashed, almost giving security forces an advantage in the fight against the murderous Moslems.

President Said Abdullahi Deni, the president of Puntland, has also signed various security pacts with other states especially Galmadug, in what will further help in the fight against ~~violent~~ mostly peaceful extremism within Somalia.

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