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Urgent: At least 3 senior Al-Shabaab militants killed in Somalia

Xinhua, June 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least three senior Al-Shabaab militants including most wanted insurgent leader are believed to have been killed in southern Somalia by Somalia security forces on Tuesday night, officials said on Wednesday.

Abdirashid Hassan Abdinur, Minister of security for Jubbaland State said the three were killed during a security operation in Bulo-Gadud location, some 30 km north of the coast town of Kismayo, the administrative capital of Jubbaland state in Somalia. Endit