Ethiopia announced it had arrested an unspecified number of Islamist militant members of the Somali group al Shabaab and ISIS who were planning to carry out attacks in the country on various targets including hotels.
Some of those arrested were carrying out intelligence work including photographing potential targets, the National Intelligence Security Services (NISS) said in a statement read out on state-affiliated broadcaster Fana.
Ethiopian intelligence coordinated with neighbouring Djibouti to detain the suspects including their leader, Muhammed Abdulahi, NISS said.
Those detained, NISS said, were arrested in the capital Addis Ababa, Oromia and Ethiopia’s Somali region.
Via Reuters
