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Ethiopia: violence continues

Friday, November 4th, 2005 @ 11:45 UTC

by Sokari Ekine

Countries:: Ethiopia
Topics:: none

More sickening violence in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa - EthioExodus “A homeless pregnant woman was running for shelter from flying bullets…literally dragging her may be 3yrs old boy as the unfortunate, who have nowhere to hide in, so week to keep up, fell behind and got hit by a machine gun fire from an armored vehicle so powerful that…the next minute… a hard to even describe scene of butchered woman…a separated fetus and a crying boy in bloodbath….”

2 comments

Hagos Desta

my comment is please transfer this meles’s crimeness to the world
leaders.still it has many gun voices around our Capital city.

# 2005-11-5 at 5:45 am

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Almaz Teklu

almaz teklu.
i can say meles belives in gun. He kills so many students this is not Democracy, Ethiopian people they belive in true dimocracy, please world leader country help ethiopian people.

# 2005-11-5 at 15:41 pm

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