Unknown Gunmen kill police officer in Borama

A group of unknown gunmen killed a police officer early Tuesday morning in Borama, the administrative capital of the Awdal region in Somaliland.

The slain officer was guarding a site where water pipes were being laid which is part of the Borama Water Access Extension Project. The officer was shot dead at the western end of the city.

The perpetrators escaped the scene unrecognized. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the officer’s murder.

Borama’s police commando said investigations were going on abstaining from giving details of the suspect’s identity.

The mayor of Borama, Saleban Hassan Xaddi, accused of the murder to people who are opposed to the water extension project.

The mayor pledged to pursue the perpetrators to the ends of the world vowing to bring them and their associates to justice.

Our decision today is to pursue the perpetrators and everyone involved with them where ever they may go.

Mayor Haddi

Two men also working at the pipes-laying site in western Borama were kidnapped according to CBA sources. They were not harmed at the time our sources indicate.