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allAfrica.com: Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Vacate Villages in Mogadishu, Bodies Discovered (Page 1 of 1)

allAfrica.com: Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Vacate Villages in Mogadishu, Bodies Discovered (Page 1 of 1): "The Ethiopian troops in the recent times based in villages of Heliwa neighborhood north of Mogadishu have pulled out there on Wednesday morning-residents said.

The soldiers have taken out from SOS and Wahar Adde villages where they arrived after a heavy fighting between the Ethiopian-Somali troops and Islamic courts fighters occurred there in this week.

One resident who left the area after the soldiers left told Shabelle that Four bodies killed by the Ethiopian troops were discovered the vacated areas.

The Ethiopian troops have disappeared towards former pasta industry of the same Heliwa neighborhood where they have key army base."

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