
Addis Abeba – Puntland State Police announced in a statement that Puntland security forces killed Ethiopian born leader of the Daesh militant group, Abu-Albara Al Amani, in an operation on 12 January.
According to a report by Puntland State TV, Puntland security has also prevented a planned attack by the militants targeting Bali-dhidhin District of the Bari Region.
Quoting a news release from the Puntland State Police Command, the Puntland State TV said that Abu-Albara Al Amani, who was appointed by Daesh militants as the head of operations of Daesh, was killed as a result of the battle against the militant group which was carried out by the Puntland Security Forces in the vicinity of the Calmikaad Mountains.
Daesh militant group, also known as ISIL, Islamic State, or ISIS, is a globally designated terrorist group. In Ethiopia, the group is known to have been behind the April 2015 grisly beheading of 28 Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Christians in Libya. AS
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