At least four policemen were killed today by a bomb which exploded in Somaliland , Somalia's breakaway republic. The bomb was hidden near a mosque, according to police sources and witnesses. No group has yet claimed responsibility for Monday's blast, which came two weeks after gunmen threw grenades at Las Anod police station, near the Puntland border on January 12, and thereby injured two policemen. Somaliland's security forces had prevented an attack on a Hargeisa mosque earlier this month. The imam of the mosque had condemned suicide bombings carried out by al Shabaab activists, which angered the insurgents.
At least four policemen were killed today by a bomb which exploded in , Somalia's breakaway republic. The bomb was hidden near a mosque, according to police sources and witnesses. No group has yet claimed responsibility for Monday's blast, which came two weeks after gunmen threw grenades at police station, near the border, on January 12, and thereby injured two policemen. Somaliland's security forces had prevented an attack on a mosque earlier this month. The imam of the mosque had condemned suicide bombings carried out by al Shabaab activists, which angered the insurgents.
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