[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Six Sudanese soldiers were killed on Saturday in an attack by Æthiopian forces on a Sudanese army post near the border between the countries, Sudanese military sources told Rooters.Sudan's army said in an earlier statement on Facebook that "groups of the Æthiopian army and militias attacked its forces in al-Fashaqa al-sughra, which resulted in deaths ... our forces valiantly repelled the attack and inflicted heavy losses in lives and equipment on the attackers."
The army statement did not provide any details about the corpse count.
Æthiopian government spokesperson Legesse Tulu did not immediately respond to a Rooters message seeking comment on the incident.