ADDIS ABABA (Halbeeg News) – Ethiopian has foiled planned terrorist attacks from Al-Shabaab and Islamic State (IS) in the landlocked country thanks to Intelligence reports, the country’s spy agency said.
Ethiopian National Information and Security Service (NISS) this week said a total of 33 terror suspects had been nabbed in operations.
. “A total of 33 terrorists (16 from Al-Shabaab and 17 from IS) were caught along with explosives and other documents in the just concluded Ethiopian fiscal year, which ended on July 7,” said NISS in a statement.
According to the statement, the security forces seized 499 Kalashnikov rifles, 27, 237 pistols, 11 hand grenades, 8 machine guns, 168, 241 bullets and 59 traffickers.
The agency said it collaborated with governments of Somalia, Puntland, Djibouti, Somaliland, US, Italy, Spain and France to foil the planned attack.
NISS finally called on the public to report to relevant security officers if they see suspicious activity around their vicinity.
In recently video, Al-Shabaab called on the members and sympathers to increase attack on Ethiopia.
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