An Ethiopian security chief said today, Thursday, that members of the terrorist group Al-Shabaab in Somalia attacked two villages near the border with his country.
The commander added that the attack killed 17 Ethiopian policemen inside Somali territory, while 63 militants of the militant movement were killed. The villages of “Yed” and “Ato” in the Somali region of “Bakool” after the killing of one of its leaders a few days ago.
Al-Shabaab rarely launches attacks in areas close to the border with Ethiopia due to the heavy Ethiopian security presence in the region and inside Somalia, where Ethiopian forces are also part of an African peacekeeping force.
The Ethiopian commander, who asked not to be named, said that one of the leaders of the extremist movement crossed the border to form a unit in Ethiopia.
He added that the Ethiopian police in the area confiscated heavy machine guns and vehicles from the movement’s fighters.
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