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Top Al-Shabaab Commander Killed in Somalia

by VOA News

   African Union soldiers killed a top al-Shabaab commander in Kuday,
   Somalia, Saturday, after the terrorist group launched a failed attack
   on an army installation in the area, military officials said.

   Al-Shabaab Commander Bashe Nure Hassan was one of two al-Shabaab
   militant killed in the engagement that followed the foiled attack,
   Kenya's Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

   African Union troops used mortar fire and machine guns to repel the
   attack, the statement said, noting "scores" of al-Shabaab members were
   believed injured in the fighting.

   The AMISOM forces recovered three rifles, a satellite phone and
   hundreds of rounds of ammunition from the terrorists. No casualties
   were reported on the AMISOM side.