Boosaaso (PP Information Desk) — Puntland Defence Forces as we speak foiled an explosives-laden pickup truck utilized by ISIS in a distant a part of the Calmiskaad mountain vary. ISIS terrorists launched assaults from a craggy a part of the Calmiskaad in an try to interrupt the siege earlier than sending a closely welded pickup truck carrying two males, one in all them the driving force. Puntland forces pre-empted the assault, which was geared toward inflicting most dying and destruction.
An intense firefight ensued, by which greater than 90 ISIS terrorists have been killed. Puntland Defence Forces managed to seize new ISIS hideouts in Calmiskaad.
“Successive makes an attempt to resort to suicide assaults by ISIS level to determined however unsuccessful makes an attempt to decelerate the advancing Puntland Defence Forces” an officer mentioned.
ISIS has mined elements of the Calmiskaad mountain vary, significantly flat areas close to villages. “ISIS has laid mines in civilian areas. A number of troopers misplaced their lives whereas defusing landmines” mentioned an professional on explosives.
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