Somalia
Two Somaliland policemen wounded in Las Anod attack
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Nov 3, 2008 - 6:53:53 PM

LAS ANOD, Somalia Nov 3 (Garowe Online) - At least two police officers were wounded overnight Sunday after unknown attackers hurled hand grenades into a police station in the disputed town of Las Anod, in northern Somalia, a government official told Garowe Online.

Ali Sandule, the Somaliland-appointed governor of Sool region, confirmed that two the policemen were wounded when the grenade hit inside the Las Anod police station and caused some building damage.

He declined to mention if police had any suspects in the bombing, but underlined that local police have been on high alert since last week's triple suicide bombings that killed more than 20 people in the Somaliland capital, Hargeisa.

Las Anod locals reported that a number of young men were arrested in connection with the bombing.

Somaliland unilaterally declared independence from Somalia in 1991 under colonial-era boundaries, which include the key town of Las Anod, which has been at the center of a Somaliland-Puntland violent dispute since 2002.

Source: Garowe Online