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Political Assassinations Continue in Puntland
February 9, 2011 · 3 Comments
Bosaso, 09, Feb, 2011- (Somalilandpress) – Armed men have shot Mr. Ali Mohamed Gurxan, Chief of Galgala district today in Bosaso. The men who assassinated Mr. Gurxan have fled the seen and have not been captured or identified. There has been planned assassinations of groups opposed to President Faroole’s administration. Mr. Gurxan has allegedly opposed President Faroole’s plans to sign a contract with Australian Company to explore Gas and Oil in Galgala district. Others who spoke against President Faroole’s plans have also been recently kidnapped or assassinated in Bosaso.
Independent sources have confirmed an armed men killed Mr. Ali M. Gurxan in assassination style in the middle of Bosaso this morning. Mr. Gurxan’s body was taken to the general hospital in Bosaso shortly after he was shot. The Puntland police came to the crime scene several hours after Mr. Gurxan’s body was removed and taken to the hospital. The Puntland police carried out initial investigations and interviewed several witnesses to determine the identity of those who committed this crime. It is open secret in Puntland that some of the political assassinations that have taken place in the last several months have roots in the Gas and Oil exploration contracts in the Galgala district. There has also been new tensions created by the Puntland military base near Galgala where private militia is being trained presumably to fight piracy, but in reality represent private forces intended to protect Gas and Oil properties in Galgala.
Mr. Abdixafid Ali Yusuf, the Governor of Puntland Eastern Region, have spoken with the Bosaso media have confirmed that Mr. Gurxan has been assassinated and this crime took place within weeks of several other assassinations of leaders from Galgala district and other Puntland officials. There are unconfirmed reports that are blaming President’s Faroole’s son to be behind the killing.
Source:SomalilandPress
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By Mo Guled
Tags: Bosaso, Chief of Galgala District, Farole, Puntland, Somalilandpress
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Somaliland boarder with Somalia has to be tight,,it was couple of days age when alshabab affiliated SSC group launched an attack against eastern boarder town of buuhoodle.
This is the price Puntland has to pay for murdering innocent people of Somaliland the Warsangelis. If ones home is destroyed, women raped and villages uprooted, the relatives of those people will do every thing it can to fight back even by assassinating.
Puntland is piracy and criminal haven thats how this S.S.C. was born out of outlaws; they'll eventually turn on each other thats tribalism does; first they u give reason to fight then they'll fight amongst their sub-clans you'll see.All Darood politics is just narrow minded it only focus on sub-clan and not the major picture of all being muslims.Also the Somaliweyn is all propaganda to cover up there evil trabalistic faces.Trabalism is whats going destroy the Darood completely in the future.