Dubai United Arab Emirates (CNN)-The UAE raised the number Its soldiers who were killed in a terrorist operation in Somalia To 4 soldiers, after the death of one of the injured in the attack.
This came in a statement published by the Emirates News Agency, which stated: “The Ministry of Defense had previously announced the martyrdom of 3 members of the UAE Armed Forces and an officer from the Bahrain Defense Force, and the injury of 2 others, one of whom was martyred after arriving on the homeland as a result of being exposed to a terrorist act in the Republic of Somalia.” Sister, while 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 within the framework of military cooperation between the two countries.
The agency added in its report: “The bodies of the nation’s four righteous martyrs (Colonel Mohammed Al Mansouri, Undersecretary 1 Mohammed Al Shamsi, Undersecretary 1 Khalifa Al Balushi, and Corporal Suleiman Al Shehhi) arrived at Abu Dhabi’s private Al Bateen Airport this morning (Sunday), on board A military aircraft belonging to the armed forces.
She continued: “The military ceremony to receive the bodies of the martyrs took place on the airport grounds, where a number of senior leaders and officers of the Ministry of Defense and a number of the families of the martyrs and their families were at the reception,” noting: “The Ministry of Defense extends its sincere condolences to the families of the martyrs, asking God Almighty to May His mercy be upon them, and it also expresses its wishes for a speedy recovery for the injured.
In a separate statement, the General Command of the Bahrain Defense Force mourned Major Abdullah Rashid Al Nuaimi, according to what was reported by the Bahraini News Agency, saying: “The General Command of the Bahrain Defense Force extends its sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of the martyrs, asking God Almighty to cover them with His vast mercy and to place them in His spacious gardens with the martyrs.” And the righteous and the righteous, and to inspire their families and loved ones with patience and solace. It also expresses its wishes for a speedy recovery for the injured brothers in the UAE Armed Forces, and to God we belong and to Him we shall return.”
Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, expressed his condolences to the UAE and condemned the attack in the capital, Mogadishu, calling for an immediate investigation into the incident, according to the Somali News Agency (SONA).
The Somali President visited Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital, “the wounded Emirati officers who were injured in the terrorist attack on General Gordon’s camp,” according to the agency.
Sheikh Mohamud said: “We offer our condolences to the government and people of the United Arab Emirates who lost the lives of their soldiers in the terrorist attack in Mogadishu. These officers came to our country to participate in rebuilding the Somali Armed Forces.”
He continued: “We are grateful to the government and people of the United Arab Emirates for their continued support in the reconstruction and development of Somalia, and we will remember the role you played in our country at this difficult time.”
2024-02-11 11:27:05
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