[ShabelleMedia] A witness says a senior 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...
state security official is among three people maimed in a kaboom in the divided Galkayo city on Friday night.
The bomb targeted a vehicle carrying an investigator with Puntland security agencies Abdi Mahad Hussein in the city shortly after the Iftar, the fast-breaking meal in the evening.
In the aftermath of the blast, police arrived and cordoned off the scene, where they later evacuated the maimed to the hospital for medical attention, according to the reports.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing which comes weeks after Puntland executed dozens of al-Shabaab
...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
and ISIS members for their role in attacks and killings.
The attack highlights the dual challenges facing security forces from the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab and the growing presence of fighters linked to the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems...
in the Bari region.
Al-Shabaab, which is fighting to overthrow the internationally recognized Somali government has bases in the Galgala mountains near the port city of Bossaso, where it trains fighters.
The Fight against gangs dominates the US-Africa counterterrorism strategy which involves targeting al-Shabaab in Somalia before the group risks America’s HoA interest.