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Fighting erupts in southern Somali town
21 Dec 21, 2009 - 1:24:09 AM
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Somalia’s hardline insurgent Al-Shabaab group claims that they have fought with an Ethiopian rebel group in Somali southern border town of Dhobley.
According to a senior Al-Shabaab official, the fighting broke out on Saturday between the group’s militia that control the town and fighters from Ogaden National Liberation Fronts (ONLF), which fights in eastern Ethiopia.
“We have attacked the ONLF militia to stop them from attacking and seizing Dhobley town,” said the official who requested anonymity.
The official said the fighting continued for an hour and they have inflicted heavy casualties on their rivals, adding that they have received the support of the locals to devastate the ONLF militia led by Sheikh Ahmed Madobe.
Sources told Garowe Online that at least 10 people, mostly combatants from both sides have been killed and over a dozen others injured in the fighting.
However, eyewitnesses in town, which strategically situated between Somalia and Kenya border, have confirmed the eruption of the fighting but could not comment about the casualty figures.
Al-Shabaab has previously fought with Hizbul Islam, another Somali militant over the town but has since claimed that Sheikh Ahmed Madobe, whom they consider part of the Ethiopian rebel group and not Hizbul Islam, instigated the fight.
GAROWE ONLINE
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