Somali militants attack AU troops; nation on alert after Al-Shabaab death

Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) -- Somali Islamist militants ambushed African Union peacekeeping troops in southwestern Somalia on Saturday, a local official and a resident said -- an attack that came as Somali officials braced for possible retaliation after the U.S. announcement that it killed Al-Shabaab's leader.
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Somali militants attack AU troops; nation on alert after Al-Shabaab death

Al-Shabaab militants attacked a convoy carrying Ethiopian AU troops in two locations between the towns of Qansahdheere and Burdhubo, said Hassan Mohamud Ali, district commissioner of the latter town.

The AU troops eventually stopped the attack and secured the area, said Ali, who added he didn

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