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17 Die In Al-Shabaab Assaults In Southwest

July 22 2022

Somalia

Al-Shabaab fighters attacked villages in southwestern Somalia, killing more than a dozen people, reports the Hiiraan Online (Ottawa, Canada).

On Wednesday, militants attacked the villages of Aato and Yeed in the Bakool region near the border with Ethiopia.

Three civilians and 14 Ethiopian police officers in Somali territory were killed, while 63 Al-Shabaab fighters died, said an Ethiopian security commander at the scene, as reported by Reuters.

The attack came days after an...

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