DINSOR, Somalia – Ethiopian troops serving under the AU mission in Somalia fired mortar shells toward areas on the outskirts of Dinsor city in the Bay region, residents said.
Six mortar rounds hit Al-Shabaab-controlled villages, causing unspecified casualties on local villagers, who reported hearing heavy blasts in the night as a result of the shelling/
The situation was calm on Monday morning with no statement regarding the attack from Southwest state authorities and the ATMIS command in Mogadishu.
For the past few days, Al-Shabaab clashed with Ethiopian forces in the vicinity of the town which faces a blockade for over 10 years due to the presence of the AU and Somali troops.
Ethiopia has thousands of troops in Somalia serving as part of the African Union Transition Mission, or ATMIS, and other forces in Somalia that are there based on arrangements with the government in Mogadishu.
Last month, Al-Shabab militants attacked convoys carrying Ethiopian soldiers in Somalia’s southwestern Bakool region. Ethiopian troops have bases in Wajid and Huddur.
The ambush targeted two convoys, one traveling from the Somali town of Yeed to Wajid and the second convoy as it traveled from El Barde to the town of Huddur.
