"Abdullahi Osman Ahmed (Aynte) was transferred due to the communication we had with Somaliland," Puntland administration spokesman Ahmed Omar Hirsi told Sabahi. "This is the second phase in solving the sheikh's murder after the man who shot him on February 15th was arrested by the security forces."
Farah was shot in the back as he was kneeling to pray inside a mosque in Garowe.
Ahmed fled to Somaliland after the sheikh's murder, and was soon arrested by Somaliland forces in Las Anod.
Hirsi said investigations are ongoing into Ahmed's potential role in the assassination. "Everyone who was involved in the shooting and in the plot to kill the sheikh will be brought to court," he said.
Ahmed was handed over to Puntland's Internal Security Minister Khalif Isse Mudan and several regional members of parliament in Sool following two days of negotiations between Puntland and Somaliland authorities, UN-funded Radio Bar-Kulan reported. He will be held at the Criminal Investigation Department headquarters for interrogation prior to his arraignment.
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