(SomaliNet) Authorities in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in northeast Somalia said that at least 10 soldiers of its troops have been killed and 6 others were wounded in an ambush attack that took place in Adado town of Galgadud region in central Somalia.
But independent sources say that the number of killed soldiers reached 12 as the local clan militia seized four of the vehicles owned by the Puntland troops.
Dahir Artan, the commander of seventh division of Puntland army told the local media that local armed militia has launched a ambush attack on positions of the Puntland forces supporting the government killing 10 and wounding 6 others. “They also confiscated four war vehicles, two of them loaded with military supply,†he said.
Witnesses told Somalinet that the fighting started early this morning when heavily armed clan militiamen attacked a compound based by government forces from Puntland. Adado town is 500km north of the capital.
Some reports say today’s ambush attack in Adado town follows yesterday’s gun battle in the capital in which the government forces clashed with supporters of the ousted Islamists in south of the capital.
