A Somali lawmaker said a minimum of 17 fighters with militant group al-Shabab had been killed in fighting with Ethiopian and Somali government troops.
Parliament member Mohamed Mashru told VOA Somali Service the troops attacked an al-Shabab base Wednesday at Agab-Bedey village, near the Somali town of Hudur.
Mashru said he saw the bodies of the al-Shabab fighters lying at the ground after the battle ended. Â
His account has not been independently confirmed.
Ethiopian troops are in Somalia as a part of a multi-nation, three-pronged campaign against al-Shabab.
Kenyan forces were fighting the gang in southern Somalia, while African Union and Somali government forces have pushed the militants out of the capital, Mogadishu.
Al-Shabab once controlled most of southern and central Somalia but has steadily lost ground some time past 18 months. Â
The militant group, that is allied with al-Qaida, continues to hold out suicide attacks in Mogadishu and retains control of a few parts of Somalia.
From WhatNewsToday.net
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