A news from the Ethiopian government, especially the security committee of Ethiopia, said that 14 members of the Al Shabaab group were arrested, who were planning to carry out actions in Jigjiga and other towns of the Somali regional government.
This news which was broadcasted in the various media that speak the language of the Ethiopian government first EBC, it was said that the group that was arrested was led by a man named Ali Abdi who is nicknamed Teacher Ali who was arrested in Moyaale while he was on his way to Ethiopia. , and in this report it is said that Teacher Ali organized a large-scale organization in the Somali region, having formed many members within the Somali region.
The government also said that members of the Al Shabaab group were sent to carry out operations in the major cities of the Somali region, such as the town of Jigjiga, Fiiq, Wardheer and Biki, but before they could carry out the operations they were sent to, they and their weapons were seized. The different vehicles carried by the members who wanted to attack those cities, is as stated in the report issued by the Ethiopian government.
The government also said that various weapons belonging to the Al Shabaab group, including 84 AKs, 10 types of explosives and 12 large guns, were seized in joint operations. carried out by the security forces in the cities of Jigjiga, Wardheer, Higloley, Fiiq and Ma’eyso in the Somali regional government.
The Ethiopian government also said that in Ghashaamo district of the Somali regional government, explosive devices were seized and imported from the side of the border that Ethiopia shares with Southern Somalia, which were intended to cause various problems within the country of Ethiopia. said in the news from the Ethiopian government.
Finally, the government said that these Al Shabaab members who were captured were using fake IDs and passports, which enabled them to enter the country, although the government said that they were thwarted before these members could carry out their plans and actions. they would do in Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian government has presented the pictures of Ali Abdi (Maallin Ali) and the various weapons seized by the government, although the government has not presented the pictures of other members who were arrested with Maallin Ali.
The Somali regional government has already said that during the ethnic event in Jigjiga, members were arrested who they accused of disrupting the security of the Somali region.