Gunmen Kill Information Minister of Puntland!!

[IRONm@N]

Wednesday, August 05, 2009


His nickname is seefta banaanka??



MOGADISHU — Gunmen on Wednesday shot dead the information minister of Somalia's self-declared state of Puntland, an official said.

Warsame Abdi Shirwa was killed in the central town of Galkayo which straddles the border between the breakaway region and Somalia proper.

"The minister died on the spot and we are investigating the matter," said the senior government official who asked not to be named.

Local resident Mohamed Abdi said he saw police searching for the assailants.

Puntland, which declared its semi-autonomous status in 1998, has been relatively peaceful compared to the rest of Somalia, where the transitional government is under siege from an Islamist insurgency.

However, Puntland's coast is a major hub for piracy that has turned the Gulf of Aden into the world's most dangerous waterway.

Source: AFP, August 5, 2009
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guess there is a power struggle over there!

[Somalian_Boqor]

Stuff like this is unacceptable, There needs to be a overhaul of Security in the City of Galkayo.

Allah ha u naxariisto Warsame Abdi Shirwa

[Somalian_Boqor]

Just read this now,

Horseednet

Somalia: Puntland Minister Killed in Galkaio
August 5, 2009 · Comments (0)

Puntland Minister of Information Warsame Abdi Shirwa
By: Mohamed Aydarus
Horseed Media

On Wednesday, the minister of information of Puntland State, Warsame Abdi Shirwa, was shot dead by armed men in Galkaio, the second largest city of Puntland State of Somalia.

Eyewitness on the scene told Horseed Media, that Mr.Shirwa was shot in his car by four armed men in military uniform.

“….two armed men shot him several times….while two others gunmen blocked the road,…the minister was in his car, near the former Darvish base in central Galkaio …“ said, one of the eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity, because of security reasons.

It is the first such assassination of a Puntland minister, since the establishment of Puntland State of Somalia, in 1998.

The killing of the information Minister comes just days after, the autonomous region of Puntland state (Northeast of Somalia), celebrated the 11th anniversary of the creation of the State, on the 1st of August.

Over the past few weeks, a high level delegation from Puntland government was in Galkaio, the capital of Mudug region, to discuss security and administrative issues in the region.

Mr.Warsame Shirwac, was part of the delegation of Ministers, MPs and security officials elected from the region, who were on a mission to restore and strengthen, the provincial and district administrations in Mudug region, which is plagued by corruption and insecurity.

The government officials were also trying to end the tribal conflict in the region.

On 25th of July, one person was killed at a checkpoint north of Galkaio, when armed men from the late minister’s tribe, opened fire on a convoy of vehicles carrying, the regional officials led by Abdinur Mohamed Gesey, the governor of Mudug region.

Source: Horseed Media

[GENERAL_SNM]

What do you expect from a mafia state with no law and order. I mean if ministers are getting killed in broad daylight how are civilians suppose to feel save?

[AhlulbaytSoldier]

What do you expect from a mafia state with no law and order. I mean if ministers are getting killed in broad daylight how are civilians suppose to feel save?