Somalia: Violence at school draws ire in Puntland

BOSSASO, Somalia, October 14, 2015 (Garowe Online)-Violence at a school in Bossaso port city has drawn the ire of residents after Bari regional police commander Abdihakin Yusuf Hussein called management and students ‘enemy’, Garowe Online reports.

On Wednesday, a meeting between Bari Governor Yusuf Mohamed Waeys (Dhedo) and clan elders has led to the release of Al Najah School principal.

Heavily armed security forces broke into the school without judicial writ, putting headmaster and undisclosed number of students behind bars following trivial quarrel on Tuesday..

Witnesses and sources who asked to remain anonymous told Garowe Online that police fired live bullets at protesting students after Al Najah principal asked police whether they were holding arrest warrant from the court.

Parents complained of police mistreatment and the slander perpetrated against innocent schoolboys and schoolgirls by an official serving in the government, referring to Hussein, who landed himself in hot water.

Until today, there had been plans of mass protests against malice remarks made by Bari regional police commander.

Social media users reacted furiously, urging Hussein to resign over irresponsible comments.

The school violence comes as Puntland government ceased anti-militant pushes in the rugged hideouts along Golis Mountain Range.

GAROWE ONLINE