Ethiopia: ONLF says its forces killed regime soldiers

ESAT News (January 10, 2018)

Forces of the Ogaden National Liberation Front fighting the regime in Eastern Ethiopia said they had killed “many soldiers” and “wounded wounded unknown numbers of government troops.”

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“Heavy fighting broke out between Ogaden National Liberation Army and Ethiopian regime soldiers in Jaleelo village in Shillabo District on the 8th of January,”  according to a report by the Ogaden News Agency (ONA).

“The ONLA has killed many soldiers and wounded unknown numbers of government troops,” the report quoted a senior member of the Army as saying.

The report also added that the ONLA has captured weapons, ammunition and communication equipment.