ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
Ethiopian authorities Wednesday arrested 15 alleged terrorists planning to attack the United Arab Emirates’ embassy in the capital Addis Ababa.
The
terrorist group, led by 35-year-old Ali Ahmed Adaito, who is among the
arrested, was planning to attack the UAE embassy, local broadcaster Fana
reported, quoting a statement by the National Information and Security Service
(NISS).
Explosives,
firearms and documents were seized from the house of another arrested terrorist
Mohammed Abdulkedir, the NISS statement said.
The
mastermind of the foiled plot is a Swedish resident, Ahmed Ismail, who has been
arrested by the Swedish security forces, it said, adding Ethiopia and Sweden
collaborated by exchanging information.
It
further said another terrorist group was planning to attack the UAE embassy in
Khartoum, capital of neighboring Sudan.
Sudanese
authorities were alerted by the Ethiopian intelligence service about the
impending danger and they managed to foil the planned attack, the statement
said.
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