As there have been clashes in parts of Galgadud, local elders blame Puntland state for interfering the region’s conflict, and siding with the invading Liyu police.
Confirming the report, Abdi Ali Farah who is an elder in Galgadud said they have evidence the Puntland is arming and funding Ethiopia’s Liyu police to stabilize the region.
“We have facts that Puntland has sent secret soldiers to Galgadud region to help Liyu police in the fight against local residents in the villages near Somali-Ethiopian border,” said Farah.
Liyu police has stepped up attacks against herders and farmers at Da’deer village and nearby areas, killing unarmed civilians and raping women and girls.
The elders say special killing squads of the Somali Regional Administration in Ethiopia called the Liyu police, has committed genocide in the villages in Galgaduud region, central Somalia.
Liyu police is funded, trained and armed by the Ethiopian government.
