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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Militiamen allied with Somalia’s weak transitional government have taken control of a border town from Islamist militants after several hours of fighting that killed scores of people, officials said Saturday.
Al-Shabab fighters were forced early Saturday to abandon their positions in Belet Hawo, a town that borders Kenya, said Sharif Abdiwahid Sharif Aden, a spokesman for the pro-government militiamen. The Islamist militants had recently repelled two previous attempts to drive them out of the town.
Mohamud Sayid Aden, a Somali member of parliament who was with the militiamen who took the town, said his side lost five soldiers, while al-Shabab lost 42 of its fighters.
