Ministry of Security
and DDR
Puntland State of Somalia
Garowe
Near Mountains
PRESS RELEASE
04 January 2013
Puntland government forces repelled an attack by Al Shabaab
terrorist group overnight Thursday Jan. 3, 2013, where government forces killed
3 Al Shabaab/Al Qaeda terrorists and wounded 5 other attackers.
The attack occurred around 10:30pm at a location
approximately 40km southwest of Bossaso, where Puntland government forces
manning a remote outpost near the Galgala Mountains successfully repelled the
attack and chased the fleeing attackers into the mountains.
One Puntland government soldier was killed during the
attack. In a separate incident, Al Shabaab member was arrested during the
daytime of Jan. 3, 2013, by Puntland troops as he was caught planting a
roadside bomb. Intelligence information indicates that Al Shabaab terrorist
group’s repeated
