GAROWE (SD) – Puntland authorities had the intelligence reports of al-Shabaab deadly attack on Bosaso Jail in northeastern Somalia, former Somalia’s elite forces commander confirmed.

The former commander of Danab forces, Abdirahman Omar Jeeni-Qar who himself hails from Puntland state has revealed that he shared the details of impending al-Shabaab raid on the facility.

Jeeni-Qar accused Puntland state authorities of downplaying the warning, saying he had informed the leaders more than seven months ago that Al-Shabaab militants plan to attack Bosaso jail.

Puntland authorities have neither denied nor accept the existence of the intelligence reports as well as the security luxury.
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In response to the attack, Puntland forces engaged al-Shabaab fighters on the outskirts of Bossaso town, killing more than twenty militants.

Puntland security officials also displayed over ten inmates who were recaptured after escaping the jail during al-Shabaab’s attack on Thursday.

The attack on the facility by al-Shabaab claimed lives of over ten Puntland soldiers.