Puntland President Lauds Police For Averting ISIS Attack

Puntland president Said Abdullahi Deni has commended the police for foiling ISIS attack in the coastal town of Bosaso.

At least two militants were on Saturday killed and another one injured in clashes between Somali forces and militants in Bosaso town in Somalia’s northern region of Beri, a military official confirmed.

Hussein Ali Mohamed, commander of Somali forces in Bari region, told journalists that members of Islamic States (ISIS) launched an attack on police forces in the town.

“As the police patrolling in the town, militants ambushed them, prompting an exchange of fire between the army and the militants, we killed two of the militants and injured another one,” Mohamed said.

He noted that one of their soldiers was killed while another one sustained the injury during the confrontation.

The so-called ISIS wing in Somalia has its main base in the Puntland region and has occasionally clashed with Puntland forces and al-Shabab.