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Muse Hassan, who lives in the port city of Kismayo, said Tuesday that armed militants in pickup trucks are leaving.
Kenya Defense Forces spokesman Col. Cyrus Oguna said al-Shabab militants are fleeing toward the town of Jilib, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northeast of Kismayo. Oguna said the militants have a "sense of defeat."
However an al-Shabab spokesman said on Twitter that the reports of militants fleeing are false.
Claims and counter-claims made during fighting in Somalia are difficult to verify.
AP
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