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| Al-Amriki and al-Britani: Militants 'killed' in Somalia | |
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| Two top Islamist militants, from the US and UK, have been killed in Somalia after falling out with al-Shabab, witnesses have told the BBC. | |
| Omar Hammami, known as al-Amriki, and Osama al-Britani, a British citizen of Pakistani origin, are said to have died in an early-morning attack in a village south-west of the capital, Mogadishu. | |
| They have been hiding from al-Shabab since leaving the group this year. | |
| There have been several previous reports of al-Amriki's death. | |
| One of al-Amriki's fighters told the BBC that they had been overpowered by the al-Shabab attack in a village near the town of Dinsor. | |
| He said al-Shabab had taken away the bodies of the two Westerners. | |
| Another of their allies, Khadap al-Masari, from Egypt, surrendered, the fighter said. | |
| Local residents confirmed the deaths, as did a senior source within al-Shabab. | |
| The two men were allies of veteran Somali Islamist, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, who split from al-Shabab in June. | |
| He is currently in the custody of the UN-backed government. | |
| BBC Somali analyst Mohamed Mohamed says al-Shabab has been hunting down and killing his allies since the split. | |
| Al-Amriki was known for rapping jihadist songs which were loaded onto YouTube. |