NNA – The UAE Ministry of Defense announced in a statement on Saturday night that 3 of its soldiers and a Bahraini officer were killed, and two others were injured, after they were exposed to a ldquo;terrorist actrdquo; in Somalia, according to Agence France-Presse.
The ministry said in a statement on its account on platform ldquo;Xrdquo;: ldquo;Three members of the UAE Armed Forces and an officer from the Bahrain Defense Force were martyred and 2 others were injured as a result of being exposed to a terrorist act in the sisterly Republic of Somalia.rdquo;
It added that the incident occurred quot;while they were performing their work duties in training and qualifying the Somali Armed Forces, which falls within the bilateral agreement between the UAE and the Republic of Somalia fornbsp;military cooperation between the two countries.quot;
The Ministry of Defense indicated that quot;the UAE continues to coordinate and cooperate with the Somali government in investigating the sinful terrorist act.quot;
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