The Somali semiautonomous regional state of Puntland has launched a special court for terrorists, the first such court established in Somalia, where Al-Qaeda has more influence.

The regional parliament on Monday unanimously approved the formation of the new court in the Puntland state where notorious piracy is also rampant.

A prominent Parliamentary member Burhan Aden Aw-Abdi who talked to reporters in the region’s capital Garowe said that the formation of such anti-terrorism court would help reduce the danger from local and international terrorists.

The region, which had been enjoying a relative calm in comparison with the troubled south-central Somali regions, has been under growing insecurity for the past several months.

Bomb explosions, targeted killings against government officials and security forces and other violent incidents showing a security threat have downgraded the calmness that people in the Puntland region were previously enjoying.

This shows that the threat from local terrorist groups is spreading into the regional Somali state, but authorities there are now fighting to put and end to the insecurity and terrorism influence.

"The are scores of terror suspects and other criminals who were caught for their connection with the killing of innocents and creating insecurity in the Puntland state, so the main point of the formation of this court is try those criminals" the prominent Puntland lawmaker Burhan Aden Aw-Abdi told reporters in the city of Garowe On Tuesday.

Although, the region is some how peaceful in accordance with the rest of the country, then it is the hotbed of Somalia’s notorious buccaneers, drug leaders, human traffickers and other criminals who are currently jeopardizing the regions’ already stabled security situation.