Mogadishu, August 8, 2009 – The police chief of Somalia's breakaway region of Puntland killed himself at his home in the region's capital Garowe, police and officials said on Thursday.

Muse Ahmed Jama shot himself after returning from work on Wednesday. His relatives said he had been unwell.

"He had several bodyguards with him when he died and they told us that he shot himself inside his living room moments after returning from work," police commander Mohamed Abdillahi told AFP.

"He looked normal in the morning and we are still puzzled by his sudden death," he added.

Puntland's Attorney General Mohamoud Hasan Osman said that his relatives reported that the police chief "had not been well in the past days".

Jama, in his late 50s, lived in Britain before being appointed by the region's president Abdurahman Mohamed Farole after taking power in January.

Source: AFP, Aug 06, 2009

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