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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Armed Islamic militants seized a central Somali town, burned down the governor's house and killed two British and two Kenyan teachers before withdrawing, witnesses and police said Monday.
The seizure of Belet Weyne was one of several attacks in Somalia Sunday that resulted in at least nine deaths as insurgents continued to battle the weak U.N.-backed government and its Ethiopian allies for control of the country.
The fighters arrived in the town late Sunday, took up strategic positions, freed prisoners and burned the governor's house, resident Abdi-qani Hashi said.
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