Mogadishu — Officials of Somaliland republic have announced that the suicide bombers hit in several targets in Somaliland and Puntland came from Mogadishu, the Somali capital.

The officials say that following investigation regarding the twin suicide attacks they found out that the perpetrators carried out the attacks came from Mogadishu those came in Hargeisa for plans of those attacks.

Elsewhere Hawiye elders have urged Somaliland administration to avoid menacing of the southerner Somalis for those attacks.

Five suicide car bombs ripped through key targets Wednesday in northern Somalia, including UN offices and a presidential palace, killing 19 people and the five bombers, officials said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks in Somaliland and Puntland, which rattled a regional heads of state summit in Nairobi aimed at speeding up peace efforts in the southern and central parts of Somalia.