The Ethiopian army says it has killed 462 al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia

At least 462 members of the al-Shabaab terrorist group were killed at the end of the week in Somalia, the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) has confirmed this and explained that the terrorists were killed in an attack that occurred in the camp of Ethiopian soldiers serving under African Union Transitional Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). According to the Ethiopian army, a clash between it and al-Shabaab militants occurred in the town of Rabdhure, in the southwest of Somalia, where the militants had planned to attack the Ethiopian army camp using 12 terrorists who had armed themselves with bombs. The statement of the Ethiopian army has said that the soldiers serving under the umbrella of ATMIS gave a heavy blow against al-Shabaab terrorists and killed 462 of them. This comes a few days after the al-Shabaab terrorist group announced that the group has killed 178 Ethiopian soldiers in western Somalia.

In addition, the group claimed that it had captured other Ethiopian soldiers and claimed that the Ethiopian army had failed to advance. Likewise, al-Shabaab terrorists claimed to destroy the tools and weapons of Ethiopian soldiers in the terrorist attack. The corpses of al-Shabaab terrorists However, the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) has refuted the claims of al-Shabaab and called them false and propaganda. It has said that it will soon release a full report that will reflect the reality of the incident. This is happening at a time when the African Union is continuing with the second phase of withdrawing its troops from Somalia. Last year, the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved the ATMIS force to help Somalis until their forces are strong and fully responsible for the country's security, until the end of next year 2024.