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MOGADISHU, June 9 (Xinhua) -- The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has said its troops killed at least 110 Al-Shabaab militants during an raid by the Islamist group on its military base in central Somalia early Thursday.
The militants stormed the military base run by Ethiopian troops serving with AMISOM in Halgan village, about 260 km north of the capital Mogadishu.
AMISOM force spokesperson, Joe Kibet, told Xinhua the troops, alongside the Somali army, repulsed the militants after "heavy fighting".
Kibet said AMISOM was still counting the militants killed in the pre-dawn attack, but "the latest was that 110 Al-Shabaab were killed." Enditem
