Gunmen attack kills 4 clerics in mosque; police detain 10 people in Punland

BOSASO - Armed gunmen have attacked a mosque in parts of Ufeyn district of Bari region in Puntland where at least 4 people killed, wounding several others according to witnesses, reports.

Locals said that the murdered people were clerics from the mosque and prayed the early Morning Prayer in the mosque.

More of the police forces of Puntland had reportedly reached at the scene where the attack took place and started operations there though there were no suspects captured for the event so far.

On the other hand, the security forces of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland have jailed 10 people suspected for the responsibility of insecurity activities happened in Bosaso, the centre of Bari region.

There had been operations assuring the security of the region continued in several different towns in Puntland recently, just as there had also been planned assassinations against the officials of Puntland and the well known peopleand businessmen in the region.

Reports say that armed gunmen shot and killed one of the officers of Darawish troops of Puntland in Bossasso town recently while more others wounded that caused the security forces to redouble their security tightening operations in the town.

Locals said that jailed people include traditional elders accusing of involving the assassinations happened in the town for the past 24 hours.