A police commander killed in Las Anod town

LAS ANOD somalia (tf.sf) –unidentified gunmen have shot and killed a high police commander in Las Anod town in the central town of Sol region, north of Somalia overnight, officials told Shabelle radio on Saturday. 

Ahmed Abdi Dhimbil, a deputy commissioner of Sol region explained more about the killing of the police chief in an interview with Shabelle radio saying unknown group had murdered the chief in Las Anod town in north of the country and under the control of Somaliland Somalia

He said that the deceased commander was called Osman Farah Abdi known as (Sahafi)and was head of operations of the police forces in the town adding he was killed by five armed men as he was from a mosque he prayed the evening prayer of Friday night.

The deputy commission said that they were making searching to capture those who were the mastermind of the killing against the police chief and would to the journalist what outcome of their search activities later.

Sol, is one of the eighteen Somali regions that is in the north of the Somali country and has an administration which is under the break away republic of Somaliland and the death of the police commander comes as there had been explosions and killings against the military officials of the region which were raisin in the region recently.