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Al Jazeera English - NewsAt least 1,086 people were killed in four days of recent heavy clashes between Ethiopian forces and Islamist fighters, elders from the Hawiye clan say.

The fighting erupted last month when Ethiopian forces launched a crackdown on suspected fighters in the Somali capital, Hussein Aden Korgab, the Hawiye clan spokesman, said on Tuesday.

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