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| Al-Shabaab claims 60 Ethiopian soldiers killed in Somalia |
| 2008-10-26 |
| Al-Shabaab's representative says that they have destroyed two military vehicles and killed 60 Ethiopian soldiers in a military operation. On Saturday, in a press conference, in south Mogadishu, Sheikh Mukhtar Abu Mansur said that in heavy fighting between al-Shabaab fighters and Ethiopian forces along the border of the Lower Shabelle region, 60 Ethiopian soldiers were killed. Mansur also said fighting was still ongoing in the region and they expect to inflict damages to the enemy. Meanwhile, Ethiopian forces have captured the two towns of Wajid and Hudur on Saturday. All communications were cut off after Ethiopian forces captured the cities and there is not any news of casualties in the cities so far, the PressTV correspondent reported. |
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