(Daniel Berhane)
A rogue police officer killed 12 civilians and wounded another two in the northern-west city Bahir-dar, located a few kilometers away from the source of Nile.
The shooter is said to be member of a Federal Police unit stationed in the vicinity of Bahirdar city, which is the capital of Amhara state.
Sources claim the shooter was intoxicated, while others indicate he was motivated due to problems with his personal love affair.
The shooter opened fire at random in the city, around the vicinity called Abay Mado – Kebele eleven, on Sunday evening between 8-9 pm, according to the Police Commissioner of Amhara state.
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalgne issued a prompt press statement on Monday calling the massacre “cruel, outrageous and unacceptable”.
He claimed that his government is probing the matters in collaboration with elected officials and security services of the region.
Similarly, Ayalew Gobeze, President of Amhara state pledged to do “all necessary” to help the victims’ family. He also claimed that an inquiry is launched to probe the matter.
Ayalew Gobeze pledged that he will hold into account if concerned officials are found of responsible of “creating conducive environment” for the massacre and for not halting it in time.
The shooter has managed to jump into Blue Nile river from a bridge at a specific location called Chore-Chora. Though some presume he can’t make it alive, the Federal police and local militia launched a high-profile man-hunt in case the man is still alive.
The bodies of the 12 victims has been put to rest at Debre-Abay, Saint Gebriel Church, in the presence of Ayalew Gobeze.
The two wounded are recieveing medical treatments at Felege Hiwot Hospital of Bahir-dar city.
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Update:
* Children, women and elderly were among the victims of the shootings.
* Head Quarters of the Federal Police Commission and the regional ruling party Amhara Nation Democratic Movement (ANDM) issues statements condemning the massacre and pledging to do “all in their capacity” to rectify the tragedy.
* You can watch Ethiopian state TV news of Monday evening here (link).
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i taken from article http://dejebirhan.blogspot.com/2013/05/blog-post_14.html
ምድራውያን መንግሥታት በተወሰነ ጊዜ ውስጥ ይመጣሉ፤ ይሄዳሉ፤ እስከምጽአት ቀን ሕዝቦች ግን በሀገራቸው ቋሚ ዘላቂ ትውልዶች ሆነው ይቀጥላሉ። ይሁን እንጂ በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ከቅርብ ጊዜ በኋላ ሕዝቡን የሚያቃቅር፤ እርስ በእርሱ የሚያፋጅ፤ ጎሳ ዘርና ብሔር የሚለያይ፤ ሃይማኖታዊ ብጥብጥን የሚቀሰቅሱ ሁኔታዎች እየታዩ መሆናቸው ሀገራችንን ወዴት እየወሰዳት ነው ከሚያሰኝበት ደረጃ ላይ ደርሷል። የብሔሮች እኩልነትና የሃይማኖቶች ነጻነት ተከብሮባታል በተባለባት ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ አሳዛኝ ሂደቶች እየታዩ ነው። በጭፍን ጥላቻ የትግራይን ብሔር የሚጠሉ እንዳሉ አማራውን ሁሉ እንደጨቋኝ የሚመለከቱ ሰዎችም የጥላቻ ዘር እየዘሩ መገኘታቸው ወደፊት ምን ዓይነት ሁኔታ ይፈጠር ይሆን ቢያሰኘን አግባብነት አለው ብለን እናስባለን። በሩዋንዳና በቡሩንዲ፤ በሴራሊዮንና በላይቤሪያ፤ በኮንጎና ኮትዲቯር የተከሰተው ፍጅት አሁን በሀገራችን ውስጥ እየታየ እንዳለው የብሔርና የጎሳ ጥላቻዎች ቀስ በቀስ እያደጉ የፈጠሩት ክስተት እንጂ ድንገት የደረሰ አይደለም። ስለዚህ ማዕከላዊ የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት ዝም ብሎ የሚያየው እስከመቼ ነው? የሶማሌ ክልል ፕሬዚዳንት ሆኖ የፌዴራሉ መንግሥት አካል የሆነው ግለሰብ በአማራና በትግራይ፤ በአሮሞና በሌሎች ብሔሮች መካከል የዘር ፍጅት እንዲከሰት ለጎሳ መሪዎች ማብራሪያና መግለጫ መስጠቱን እንዴት በዝምታ ይመለከተዋል? አማሮችንና ኦሮሞዎችን ጥሉ፤ ትግሬዎችን ውደዱ ማለት ምን ማለት ነው? በአንድ ቀን ከስልጣን አስወርዶ በሕግ ቁጥጥር ስር የሚያስውለውን ይህንን ቅስቀሳ መንግሥት ዝም ማለቱ በቅስቀሳው ፈቃደኝነቱን አያሳይም? ቃላት እየተተረጎመ ጋዜጠኞች ሕዝብን ለዐመጽ በማነሳሳት ወንጀል እስከእድሜ ልክ ሲፈረድባቸው ይህ የክልል ፕሬዚዳንት ሆኖ ዘር ከዘር ሊያፋጅ ትምህርትና ስልጠና ሲሰጥ ዝም የሚባለው ለምንድነው? ኢሳት የተባለው በውጭ ሀገር የሚገኘው ቴሌቪዥን ጣቢያ መረጃዎችን አግኝቶ ባያወጣው ኖሮ ውስጥ ውስጡን ይህ ቅሰቀሳና ዘመቻ እንደማይኖር ምን ማረጋገጫ ይኖረናል? ኢሳትን ውሸታምና የቅጥረኛ ቴሌቪዥን ጣቢያ እያሉ ከማጣጣል ይልቅ የተባሉትን መረጃዎች አጣርቶ የሕዝቡን የጥያቄ ወይም የጥርጣሬ መንፈስ ማስተካከል አይሻልም? በበኩላችን የሀገራችን የሕዝቦች አንድነትና እኩልነት፤ ሰላምና ነጻነት የተከበረባት ኢትዮጵያ እንድትኖር ካለን ጽኑ ፍላጎት የተነሳ የሶማሌ ክልል ፕሬዚዳንት ኦሮሞና አማራ እርስ በእርስ የሚፋጁ ጠላቶች ናቸው፤ ትግሬዎች ግን ወዳጆች ናቸው ያሉበትን፤ የቅርብ ሠራተኛቸውና የሶማሌ ክልል ተወላጅ የሆነው ወጣት ለኢሳት የተረጎመውን ይህንን ቪዲዮ እንዳለ ለማቅረብ ወደናል። «አሁን ምን ያደርጋል ድስትን ጥዶ ማልቀስ፤ አስቀድሞ ነበር መጥኖ መደቆስ»እንዲሉ መንግሥት የእርምት እርምጃውን አስቀድሞ እንዲወስድ ጥያቄያችንን በዚሁ አጋጣሚ ለማቅረብ እንወዳለን።የሸዋ አባት ልጁን ለትግሬ ካልሰጠ
የሐረር ነጋዴ ወለጋ ካልሸጠ
ፍቅር ወዴት ወዴት ወዴት ዘመም ዘመም
ሀገርም አለችኝ ወገን የኔ ህመምስሩ እንዳይበጠስ መቃጠሪያው ደሙ
አረንጋዴ ቢጫ ቀይ ነው ቀለሙ
እኔን የራበኝ ፍቅር ነው.እጅጋየሁ ሽባባው
Dump ass!!!!!!! Muppet! Shame on u! Mehayem! whoever they are respect at least our values!
Do you think a 9 years old girl is an official to the ruling party you ignominious bastard.
Realy?
then what?
I am laughing my ass off
Mr. Orthis
Are you dreaming?
BAHIR DAR, Northwestern Ethiopia — Twelve ruling party officials were killed and two wounded here in this resort city on the shores of Lake Tana on Sunday when rebels stormed a wedding and opened fire, a rebel spokesperson told Ethiomedia by phone on Monday.
The Ethiopian Unity and Freedom Force (EUFF), a rebel group that has been targetting the ruling EPRDF party officials and their businesses, claimed responsibility for the deadly attack. EUFF said the names of the officials killed and wounded would be released soon.
The news has not been verified by any other independent source.
All those killed were members of Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM), one of the four parties that make up the ruling EPRDF, in power since 1991.
The government has never acknowledged the existence of EUFF, despite suffering mortal blows.
Bahir Dar city, which is located about 580 km northwest of Addis Ababa, is known for its palm-lined avenues and is the leading tourist attraction in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Airlines maintains a daily flight to Bahir Dar, which boasts of the magnificent Blue Nile Falls and treasure-trove monasteries on the islands of Lake Tana.