The terrorists were planning to launch attacks on several regions of Ethiopia including the country's capital, Addis Ababa, the source told Al-Jazeera.
Al-Shabaab is an armed terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaeda and has carried out many terrorist operations that have killed hundreds of people in Africa.
Al-Shabaab terrorists have repeatedly attacked government troops and African Union peacekeepers in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, and carried out several bloody operations in other parts of Africa.
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