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The country’s intelligence and security service said the suspects were working in the direction of foreigners, local media report.
Ethiopian state media have said that authorities arrested 15 people for a plot to attack the UAE embassy in the capital Addis Ababa.
The Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA) on Wednesday cited a statement from the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) saying the suspects were working in the direction of foreigners.
An unspecified number of weapons, explosives and documents were seized during the operation, according to the statement, which was also cited in a report by the state news outlet FANA.
“The group took over the mission from a foreign terrorist group and was preparing to inflict significant damage to property and human lives,” the EPA said.
There was no immediate comment from the UAE Foreign Ministry or its embassy in Addis Ababa.
A second group of suspects planned to attack the UAE diplomatic mission in neighboring Sudan, the EPA said.
Ethiopia’s NISS was working with its Sudanese counterparts on that aspect of the plot, the agency said. There was no immediate comment from the Sudanese authorities.
In its report, FANA quoted the statement as saying that a man named “Ahmed Ismael, leader of the terrorist group and a resident of Sweden, was arrested in Sweden as a result of exchanging information with European, African and Asian countries. security services “.
The UAE has played a key diplomatic role in attracting longtime enemies Ethiopia and Eritrea since Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018, while also providing financial contributions to stabilize Ethiopia’s economy. .
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