LAS ANOD, Somalia [SMN] – Somaliland troops continued shelling Las Anod, Sool region’s capital city, for the second day in a row as the battle rages on the contested SSC.
The local residents and officials accused Somaliland troops of indiscriminately shelling civilian houses, hospitals and mosques, forcing some villagers to flee their neighborhoods.
The the mortars were coming from Goja-Adde base outside Las Anod amid growing calls for calm and weeks after separatist region’s government declared a unilateral ceasefire.
The details of the casualty figures as result of Today’s bombardment still remains unclear.
Somaliland soldiers are battling against SSC-Khatumo troops who are seeking reunion with Somalia and establish a Federal State for Sool, Sanaag and Cayn regions.
As many as 200 people have been killed and hundreds wounded since the Somaliland troops launched the attack on February 5 to retake the city, which is under SSC militia.
Somaliland captured the city from Puntland in 2007 and since then it became the epicenter of a unionist struggle that forced the regional troops to exit in early January 2023.
