Puntland Bans Weapon Trading Inside Its Territories

Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)

13 April 2011

Bosaso — Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland on Wednesday introduced a ban on trading weapon and ammunitions inside the regions and towns under its control.

With insecurity and assassinations against Puntland officials reached high-level record in the past few days, Puntland’s deputy minister of interior and home security Abdi Jamal has told the local press that trading weapons and ammunitions in Puntland are totally prohibited.

Mr. Jamal warned people who own the black mirror luxury vehicles, saying that they will be taken a strict vivid step in accordance with the rule of the administration.

The statement of Puntland official comes as a number of officials and peace activists and prominent elderly men were assassinated in different Puntland towns including Garowe town, the capital of Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland.

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