Ten seized in Somaliland crackdown
More than ten people were on Friday night rounded up by authorities in Las Anod town in the self-declared republic of Somaliland.
Although no statement has been made on the seizure of the civilians in Sool region, some 1,150 km northwest of Mogadishu, the crackdown appeared to have been related to insecurity.
Las Anod is where where Somalia's last democratically elected president, Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, was assassinated on October 15 1969 and has been proving ungovernable for Somaliland.
Gunmen have targeted officials in the region as a sign of discontent with a rule many people believe as unwanted.
On the eve of Somaliland's Independence Day on May 18, the acting judge of Sool region was gunned down.
On April 30, the commander of the traffic police in the region was killed.
Disputed
Other killings and public demonstrations against the presence of Somaliland authority have been carried out since Las Anod was seized by pro-Somaliland forces in 2007 from Puntland, a self-styled autonomous region in Northeastern Somalia.
Sool, Sanaag and Cayn regions are disputed by Somaliland and Puntland
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