Al-Shabaab attacks Ethiopian military base in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): The Al-Shabaab group launched suicide attacks on a military base manned by Ethiopian troops in Somalia, injuring four soldiers.
The attack on the base located on the outskirts of the Ethiopian-Somali border town of Dolow involved two vehicles. According to an official statement, the attack was promptly foiled by the “vigilant Ethiopian security forces stationed at the base, resulting in the ‘neutralization’ of the attackers.”
Neutralization refers to either killing, arrest or surrender.
The first vehicle exploded at the entrance to the base, causing significant damage and injuring four soldiers. The second vehicle was “neutralized” before reaching the base, averting any further harm, it said.
“The Ethiopian National Defense Forces stopped the attackers in their tracks before they could wreak havoc. The ENDF ‘neutralised’ suicide bombers and destroyed weapons to be used by the terrorist group,” the Foreign Ministry wrote on Twitter.
The Ethiopian Forces, who were attacked by the al-Qaeda-affiliated group, were deployed by the government as non-African Union (AU) peacekeepers to support Somalia’s government in the fight against al-Shabaab.
The non-AU forces were deployed in the Gedo region late last year after hundreds of al-Shabaab fighters crossed into Ethiopia, sparking weeks of deadly fighting.
The group has been fighting the Somali government and the AU mission in Somalia since 2007 against foreign intervention and growing Western influence in the region.
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