At least 14 al-Shabaab militants, including a senior commander, were killed by Somali soldiers in the south of the country during a special operation, Deputy Defense Minister Abdalla Ali Hussein told reporters.
The militants were killed about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday night, the minister said on Wednesday.
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