At least four Ethiopian soldiers were killed in southern Somalia pn Saturday in an Al-Shabaab suicide bombing near their base, a security official and witnesses said. The suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into a checkpoint outside the base in Bardhere. “We have been informed that at least four Ethiopian soldiers who were manning the checkpoint died in the blast,” Muktar Abdulahi, a local security official, told AFP by telephone. READ ALSO: We are safe and sound, says Osinbajo after helicopter crash-lands“The blast was very heavy, and I saw the Ethiopian soldiers collecting some dead bodies after the blast. The initial information we are getting indicates that the enemy lost 16 soldiers in the attack.”The Ethiopian armed forces operate as part of the 20,000-strong African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia.

Source: Ethiopian News February 02, 2019 17:37 UTC