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Heavy fighting in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland continued into a second day on Tuesday, leaving at least 20 people dead as the UN urged a probe into the clashes.<\/p>\n
The violence broke out on Monday between government forces and armed militias in the contested town of Las Anod in the self-declared republic.<\/p>\n
The town is claimed by both Puntland, a northern state in Somalia, and Somaliland, which broke away from the rest of the country in 1991 but has not been recognised internationally.<\/p>\n
“The fighting has intensified this morning,” Mohamed Osman, a local clan militia leader, told AFP by phone.<\/p>\n
Troops belonging to Somaliland’s army were “trying to enter the town”, he said.<\/p>\n
The violence erupted hours after elders from the Sool region, where Las Anod is located, issued a statement pledging support for “the unity and integrity of the Somali Federal Republic” and urging Somaliland authorities to withdraw their forces from the area.<\/p>\n
The UN said Tuesday that at least 20 people had died in the clashes and called for an investigation.<\/p>\n
“At least 20 people have been killed, and an estimated 119 others injured in Las Anod — among them children — in fighting between the security forces and members of a local clan,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“I am concerned by reports that the clashes are continuing today with additional claims of new casualties,” he said.<\/p>\n
Osman said the toll stood at 22, most of them civilians. Abdirahman Sugulle, a traditional elder in the town, also gave the same figure.<\/p>\n
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud described the violence as “unfortunate” and called on all parties to lay down their weapons and hold negotiations.<\/p>\n
“Resolution will never be attained with guns,” he said.<\/p>\n
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