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 KISMAYO, Somalia (AP) - Gunmen attacked Ethiopian soldiers stationed in southern Somalia on Thursday, killing one and wounding another with a gunshot to the chest, witnesses said. The violence, an apparent sign of tensions between Ethiopian military forces and Somali civilians, broke out in the currency exchange market in Kismayo, said Abdullahi Hassan, a money changer.
"The gunmen used pistols. ... They have taken the Ethiopian soldiers' AK-47s," Hassan said.
Ethiopian troops, whose military strength was crucial to helping Somalia's government drive out a radical Islamic militia, began their withdrawal earlier this week. It was not clear when it would be complete.
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