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FILE - Somali National Army soldiers are seen in the Middle Shabelle region of Somalia, Dec. 10, 2012. (Stuart Price / AU-UN IST / AFP)
Sixty-nine al-Shabab militants were killed in two separate military operations in south and central Somalia, Somali military officials said Thursday.
"In a joint operation conducted by the National Army, allied clan militia and international partners in the Middle Shabelle region, at least 49 militants were killed," said Brigadier General Abdullahi Ali Anod, a spokesman for the country's Ministry of Defense. Government soldiers also seized weapons from the terrorist group, he added.
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