{{Two top Islamist militants, from the US and UK, have been killed in Somalia after falling out with al-Shabab, witnesses have told reporters.}}
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.
In March, the US State Department offered a $5m (£3.1m) reward for any information leading to the capture or conviction of al-Amriki.
One of al-Amriki’s fighters told media 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.
“There was a gun battle between al-Amriki and his men and other fighters,” Moalim Ali, a resident in Bardhere village, told reporters.
AFP
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