Somalia Reports from Galkayo town in Puntland state that four Al-Shabaab prisoners who have been sentenced to death by Puntland courts have escaped from the main prison in Galkayo last night.
3 years ago they were sentenced to death,These escaped members were convicted by the military court of Puntland 3 years ago for crimes such as murders, bombings and being part of a terrorist organization.
8 of prisoners were captured
Some of the prisoners who attempted to escape were captured, the prison guards captured 8 of the 12 prisoners who wanted to escape, according to the Puntland security forces, 4 of them escaped.
This issue has caused a lot of discussion in the city as the public requested to arrest the escaped criminals. The former governor of Mudug region and now a member of parliament representing Mudug region in the Puntland part, Abdiladhief Muse Nur Sanyare, confirmed in a post on his social media that members of Al-Shabaab escaped from Galkayo Prison.
He demanded that justice be brought before the people behind the escape of those criminals.
Such an incident took place in Galkayo in 2022, although the escaped prisoners were caught, the number of escaped prisoners is increasing as there was an escape attempt from the central prison in Mogadishu 14 july.