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| Grenade blast at mosque in Addis Ababa injures six | ||
| 2015-12-13 | ||
| A hand grenade was hurled at a mosque in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on Friday and the blast injured at least six people, witnesses said. The attack took place just after Friday’s prayers at Anwar Mosque in Addis Ababa’s Mercato district, a predominantly Muslim neighborhood. Witnesses said at least six people were taken to a nearby hospital. “I saw three people with heavy injuries, one of which looked like he had lost both hands,” said Sileshi, a witness who did not wish to reveal his full name. Government spokesman Getachew Reda confirmed the attack and said the number of wounded was not yet established. He said it was not clear who was responsible for the attack.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 More, more. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2015-12-13 12:51 |
| #3 Late on the protection payments? |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-12-13 10:55 |
| #2 The ghost of Haile Selassie |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-12-13 10:45 |
| #1 Lutherans? Amish? Esquimaux? Depends on who's doing the reporting. BBC sez: "Several rebel groups are fighting low-levels insurgencies in Ethiopia. A court in Ethiopia sentenced 18 Muslims, including clerics and a journalist, to up to 22 years in prison under controversial anti-terrorism legislation in August." VOA is going with Al-Shaboob. Al-Jizz is alluding to "Muslim-Christian relations," though they also report Oromo protests against government plans to "better integrate development across the wider region". Al-Najar and other regional press are also going with "Christian-Muslim tensions" as well as citing armed rebel groups. It's a Sunni mosque, at least based on open-source. The Saudis seem to use it for visiting-official functions. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-12-13 08:57 |