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BUJUMBURA, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Burundi said Wednesday that 10 of its peacekeepers were killed and five others missing in an attack early Tuesday by al-Shabab on a post of Burundian soldiers at Ceel Baraf, Shabelle region, Somalia. Twenty-five Burundian soldiers were also injured in the attack, Army spokesman Col. Floribert Biyereke said in the statement. "Around 5:00 a.m. (03:00 GMT), heavily armed al Shabaab terrorists attacked a post held by Burundian peacekeepers of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS)," he said. "Violent fighting caused casualties on both sides." Biyereke said 20 Shabab militants were killed in the...
