Witnesses say Ethiopian and Somali government troops have clashed with al-Shabab militants in central Somalia.
VOA's Somali Service reports the sides battled Tuesday in a village between the towns of Luq and Bardale. Bardale is located 60 kilometers west of Baidoa, an al-Shabab stronghold that was once the seat of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government.
There was no immediate word on casualties.
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