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Fallout in Al Shabaab camp as commanders defy top leader

Al Shabaab fighters train outside Mogadishu. [file, Standard)

Al Shabaab has lost support amongst its Kenyan middle-level commanders over the indiscriminate killing of Muslims in Mandera and Garissa, an intelligence report says.

The commanders are reported to be incensed by the killings in the two towns claimed by Al Shabaab.

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