Saturday, June 11, 2016
SOMALIA — Ethiopian forces have foiled planned Al-shabaab attack on its base in Hiran, Somalia yesterday morning leaving 248 Al-Shabaab militants dead including 5 top commanders.
Al-shabaab militants were 400 in number and attacked the Ethiopian base with car bombs and from four different positions.
According to Ethiopian colonel Aynom Mesfin, Al-Shabaab launched the assault early in the morning arround 5 a.m. and Ethiopian troops managed to end the battle around 9 a.m. the same day.
AMISOM authorities: "this is one of Al-Shabaab's heaviest defeats"