Four US citizens arrested in Somaliland

Four men believed to be from the US and a woman from Mogadishu were arrested in the Hargeisa International Airport in Somaliland. No reason has been given for their arrest. Maybe they found 4 of the missing 20 Somali-Americans that disappeared from the Minneapolis area. Somaliland Press

Hargeisa (Somalilandpress - 25th Jan 2009) - Somaliland security forces arrested five people after they raided a house in Hargeisa. The suspects consist of four men who are said to be from the United States and a woman from Mogadishu, all five suspects were taken into custody yesterday.

Local newspapers reported today that the woman who came from Mogadishu rented a villa in Hargeisa days before the four men arrived from the US. Members of the security forces had received a tip about the terrorist suspects and were ready to move in and arrest them.[...]

The current arrests comes days after when Somaliland forces arrested 11 young men from Mogadishu in Hargeisa International Airport - on Friday, the security forces seized nearly 10 small one-time use anti-aircraft missile launchers and arrested two suspects in connection with the illegal weapons.