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szdaily -> World -> 
Ethiopia army chief, local officials killed amid ‘coup’ bid
    2019-06-24  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

ETHIOPIA’S army chief and a top local leader have been shot dead during an attempt to overthrow a regional government in northern Ethiopia, underscoring political instability in the country as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed tries to push through reforms.

The latest unrest in the Horn of Africa nation flared Saturday afternoon in Amhara, one of nine autonomous regions, when a “hit squad” attacked a meeting of top officials, Abiy’s office said yesterday.

Spokeswoman Billene Seyoum told journalists the Amhara “coup attempt” was led by local security chief Asaminew Tsige, and resulted in state president Ambachew Mekonnen and his adviser being shot.

The men were “gravely injured in the attack and later died of their wounds,” she said, adding that the regional attorney general had been seriously wounded.

“Several hours later in what seems like a co-ordinated attack, the chief of the staff of the national security forces Seare Mekonnen was killed in his home by his bodyguard” in the capital, she added.

Seare and a visiting retired general were shot dead in his home in the upmarket Bole district of Addis Ababa, home to diplomats, aid workers and expats.

The bodyguard has been apprehended while Asaminew is still on the loose, sources said.

According to the statement from Abiy’s office, the situation in Amhara region is “currently under full control by the federal government in collaboration with the regional government.”

The link between the two attacks and their motives were not immediately clear.

“We don’t know what the broader intentions of the attackers were. It is not apparent that there was any organized plan to take over the regional government, but it is possible,” International Crisis Group analyst William Davison said.

(SD-Agencies)

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