Reports say the deceased who worked for a foreign security firm, Saracen International, was a mentor for Puntland Marine Police Force.

Although details of the incident remain unknown, source say the mentor was shot dead by one of his Somali guards following a quarrel.

The was preparing to lead a raid on pirate bases in Isku-Shuban area, a well know pirate safe haven, some 160km east of Bosaso port city.

The body of the slain mentor whose identity of the mentor has not yet been released was airlifted to Qaw location near Bosasso town, where Puntland’s coast guards are based.