The fighters from the al Shabaab group then ambushed officers rushing in to help colleagues on the outskirts of the city of Bosaso, police Captain Abdifatah Mohamed said. "At about 1 am, many well-armed al Shabaab fighters attacked us from all directions in an attempt to capture the checkpoint," he told Reuters. At least 13 others were wounded in the clashes, he said over the phone from the checkpoint. Al Shabaab has launched a string of attacks on Somalia's capital Mogadishu and other area controlled by the federal government in a bid to oust the Western-backed authorities and impose its interpretation of Islamic law. Puntland is also home to a splinter group of al Shabaab that has sworn allegiance to Islamic State.

Source: bd News24 October 09, 2017 06:33 UTC