Probe team urges Puntland to pay $15,000 and $7,500 for men and women respectively killed in Bosaso clashes

GOOBJOOG NEWS|BOSASO: Puntland government will have to part with close to one million dollars to meet the cost of the deadly clashes between state forces in December, a fact-finding committee has revealed.

According to a report by the committee, the state will be required to meet the cost of the losses which adds up to $807,000. The committee said 22 people were killed during the week-long clashes between Puntland Security Forces (PSF) and forces allied to President Abdullahi deni. PSF leader Mohamed Diyano had declined to leave office after being sacked by Deni sparking a standoff that spilt into early this year.

Diyano has since been reinstated as PSF head. The Committee said each of the 11 men who were killed in the clashes will see their families get $15,000 as compensation while families of the 11 women also killed will each receive $7,500.

The 86 people who were injured will each receive $2,500, the Committee said.

The 13-member fact-finding committee issued a statement stating that 22 lives had been lost and 86 other people were injured, including men and women, and that an estimated cost of the war stood at $ 807,500.

The state government will also be compelled to pay $345,000 for losses of property which includes homes, hospitals, businesses and vehicles.