A police officer in Somalia. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 22Somali Foreign Minister Abdisaid Musa Ali said that he was assassinated in the city of Galkayo in the central part of the country, but he was not injured, according to the minister of the local television and radio company Shabelle Media Network, his residence was attacked by the forces of the Puntland region, which is subordinate to President Said Denis. At the time of the attack, the minister was having dinner with his family. As a result of the attack, one of the politician's bodyguards was killed, and a local elder was also injured. Somalia ceased to exist as a single state in 1991 with the fall of the dictatorial regime of Siad Barre. The international community recognizes the only legitimate authority in the country as the federal government, which controls the capital city of Mogadishu and a number of other areas. The remaining parts of Somalia are under the control of unrecognized state entities or are self-governing territories. In particular, the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland is located in the northern part of the country, and the Puntland region, which declared autonomy in 1998, is located in the eastern part of the country. Somali injured in suicide attack
