MOGADISHU, Dhu-AlHijjah 27, 1437, September 28, 2016, SPA -- At least 17 soldiers were killed in clashes overnight between forces from two semi-autonomous regions of northern Somalia, local officials said on Wednesday. Puntland said it had killed Islamist militants in an air raid but Galmudug said its soldiers were targeted. "This [story of] killing militants is propaganda. Seventeen of our soldiers were killed and two of our military vehicles were destroyed by the air strike," Abdi Hussein, the deputy governor of Galkayo, the capital of the Galmudug region, told Reuters by phone. Galkayo hospital confirmed it had received 17 dead and 15 wounded soldiers. A Puntland police colonel insisted the raid killed militants. "Puntland security forces launched a planned attack last night. We killed over a dozen militants and destroyed their vehicles," Colonel Abdullahi Nur said. --SPA 16:21 LOCAL TIME 13:21 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w