Al-Amriki was known for rapping jihadist songs which were loaded onto YouTube
Two top Islamist militants, from the US and UK, have been killed in Somalia after falling out with al-Shabab, witnesses have told the BBC.
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.
One of al-Amriki’s fighters told the BBC 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.
The two men were allies of veteran Somali Islamist, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, who split from al-Shabab in June.
He is currently in the custody of the UN-backed government.
BBC Somali analyst Mohamed Mohamed says al-Shabab has been hunting down and killing his allies since the split.
Al-Amriki was known for rapping jihadist songs which were loaded onto YouTube.
