Ethiopian helicopters kill 35 Al Shabaab fighters
Wednesday 30/January/2019 - 02:10 PM
Ethiopian helicopters
Ethiopian Air Force helicopters hit Al Shabaab
targets in Somalia, killing 35 fighters of the extremist militant group.
The attack was carried out on Friday and it lasted
44 minutes, the Ethiopian news agency reported, quoting a press statement by
the Ministry of Defense on Wednesday.
The statement indicated that Abdu Osman, operation
head of Al Shabaab in the attacked area, and Abduselam, who was head of the
explosive team, were killed during the chopper attack.
Four vehicles were also destroyed, one of them was
carrying explosives, according the report. Five caliber weapons were also
destroyed in the attack.
