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4 teachers killed in Somalia
14/04/2008 08:33 - (SA)
Mogadishu - A British school teacher, two female Kenyan colleagues and a Somali headmaster were killed in an overnight attack in central Somalia blamed on Islamist insurgents, witnesses said on Monday.
The four were killed after suspected rebels attacked and briefly took control of Beledweyne, the capital of Somalia's Hiraan region.
"The British female teacher and the two Kenyans, who were teachers, were killed last night here in Beledweyne," Abdhakin Mohamoud Hassan, a cousin of the deceased Somali, said.
Mukhtar Robbow, a spokesperson for the Islamist rebels, confirmed the killing, but did not own responsibility.
"We know that three foreigners have been killed in Beledweyne, but we do not know who is responsible," Robbow said.
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