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Ethiopia: Suspects of Saturday’s bomb attack arraigned before court, PM donates blood to victims

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 25, 2018) Twenty-six people suspected of carrying out a bomb attack at a rally in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa on Saturday, including police and security officers, have been arraigned before a federal court of first instance in the capital. Of those brought before the court today were 17 police and security officers whom prosecutors ...

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Ethiopia: FBI to investigate deadly bomb attack at rally in Addis

UPDATE: The FBI has already begun its investigations into the bomb attack, as per a press statement by the Federal Police Commission, Zeinu Jemal. by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 25, 2018) The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will investigate the deadly bomb attack at a rally held in the capital on Saturday in support of the new ...

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Ethiopia: At least four killed in bomb attack in Moyale town

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (April 17, 2018) Four people were killed and over sixty others injured when a bomb was thrown at a bus terminal in the Southern Ethiopian town of Moyale. Sources sent to ESAT gruesome pictures of the aftermath of the bomb attack which local officials blamed on the Somali Region Liyou Police. Security officials in the ...

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Ethiopia: Grenade attack in Bahir Dar injures two

ESAT News (November 17, 2017) A bomb thrown into a hotel in Bahir Dar injured two people, according ESAT sources. The grenade was thrown into the Yohannes II Garden Hotel where a soccer team from Axum, Tigray had checked in. The injured were taken to the city hospital. A soccer team from Bahir Dar was viciously attacked in Tigray few ...

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