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Clashes between pro-government forces and Shebab rebels for
control of a town in southwest Somalia claimed 26 lives,
sources said Tuesday.
Fighting broke out late Monday in in Garbaharey, a town in
the Gedo region bordering on Ethiopia and Kenya.
The Shebab had pulled out of the town last Thursday as
pro-government forces advanced on it.
"The terrorists attacked Garbaharey last night (Monday) and
they lost in the battle. Their corpses are filling the
streets of the town and its outskirts," Colonel Mohamed Adan,
a security official with the transitional government told
AFP by telephone.
"Government troops and their allies are in control of the
whole zone," he said.
"So far we've counted 26 corpses and I think there are
others in the more outlying districts. The fighting is the
worst we've ever seen in this area," a local official
Hussein Abdulle told AFP.
"The number of victims is getting close to 30 and most of
them are fighters. The situation is calm this morning
(Tuesday), and government forces are in control of the
town," Ahmed Muhidin, a resident of Garbaharey said.
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