Pictures released by the joint task forces show several weapons on display. Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s Joint Security and Intelligence Task Force said security forces “completely foiled terrorist attack” by Somalia-based militant group, Al-Shabaab, that were planned to be carried out in the city of Jigjiga, the capital of Somali region, and various cities and areas in the regional state. The joint task force added that members of al-Shabaab were deployed to carry out terrorist attacks in Jigjiga, Fiq, Warder and Bike areas of the Somali region. In September this year, the national army said that “Al-Shabaab planned to attack the Ethiopian Defense Forces at a place called Robdirre inside in Somalia, but the plan was completely thwarted by [members of] defense forces” stationed in Somalia. The attacks were repulsed after reinforcement members of the ENDF were dispatched to join the Somali region’s security forces.

Source: Ethiopian News December 19, 2023 14:58 UTC