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By Ayyaantuu News Online – “At least forty people are reported to have been killed in an orchestrated attack perpetrated by Al-Shabaab fighters on the village of Aato situated on the Somali-Ethiopian border in the Bakol region.

It was an early Tuesday morning when the attack was carried out by the militant fighters against a base belonging to Ethiopian Liyuu Police which was located in the village, prompting a serious battle to erupt between the Al-Shabaab fighters and the Liyuu Police as residents reported.

The commissioner responsible for the village of Aato, who addressed media outlets, commented that at least forty people had died in the attack including twenty eight troops belonging to the Ethiopian Liyuu Police and twelve Al-Shabaab fighters. ‘The Al-Shabaab fighters began their attack early in the morning and were using heavy weaponry and technicals. We lost twenty eight people and we managed to kill twelve of them’ he said.

There has been no official response from Al-Shabaab commanders, although Radio Al-Andalus, a station affiliated with the organization, claimed that they had killed thirty five Ethiopians while taking twenty weapons as booty.

This is not the first time Al-Shabaab carries out border attacks against Ethiopian troops, especially after Ethiopian forces invaded some Somali provinces and occupied several towns in those provinces.” Source – Ayyaantuu News Online.

Flashback: Al-Shabaab Vows To Continue Killing Those Who Do Not Worship Allah – “Somalia militia group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s twin attacks on two churches in Garissa County that left 17 people dead… An Al-Shabaab loyalist Sheikh Hassan Takar said that the militia killed people who did not profess allegiance to Allah. ‘The mujahedeen (holy warriors) punished with their hands those believing and worshipping other than Allah,’ he said. ‘The militants will continue until such practice is eliminated.’ He added” Read more.

Flashback: Somalia: Islamist Group Vows To Kill Anyone Who Supports Christians – “Somali terror group Al-Shabaab told Al-Jazeera that it wouldn’t be negotiating with the government and would continue its quest to kill ‘anyone who supports the Christians.’ … ‘Anyone who works for the apostate government, no matter where and at what level, they are supporting the apostates and the Christians who sent them. Our stand is clear is on such people. We will fight them and kill them anywhere we see them … Anyone who supports the Christians, either through the pen or by carrying a weapon, they are the same to us and we will kill them …” Read more.