EDITOR’S NOTE: This seems to be the work of Woyanne thugs.
MEKELE, Ethiopia (Reuters) — A bomb exploded on a bus in Ethiopia near the Eritrean border wounding 13 people, police said on Thursday, three days before elections.
“A bomb exploded on a bus with 25 passengers onboard when it arrived in Sheraro town from Shire town at 9 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Wednesday night,” Mustafa Seid, chief of police in Sheraro, told Reuters.
“Thirteen of the passengers are in hospital, six with serious injuries,” he said.
Sheraro is about 60 km (38 miles) from Ethiopia’s border with Eritrea.
Ethiopia’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday that Eritrea had been planning a number of “terrorist” plots to undermine the May 23 national elections.
Ethiopia’s parliamentary and regional elections are the first since a disputed 2005 poll ended with street riots in which 193 protesters and seven policemen died.
Top opposition politicians were also jailed after the ruling party said they had provoked the violence to force an unconstitutional change of government.
Mustafa said the bomb was concealed in a bag carried onto the bus by one of the passengers. He said the man was not hurt and was being questioned, but that it was too early to say what the motive for the attack may have been.
An explosion at a cafe in the same region last month killed five people and was blamed by Ethiopian government officials on Eritrea.
The Eritrean government had no comment on that accusation.
(Writing by Barry Malone; editing by David Clarke)
6 thoughts on “Bomb wounds 13 in Ethiopia’s Tigray region”
THIS EXPLOSION HELPS MELES BECAUSE IT MEANS MORE MONEY TO THE MELES ADMINSTRATION (PERSONAL ACCOUNT )FROM THE WESTERN COUNTRIES AND LESS CRITICISM ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS COMMITED BY MELES ZENAWI
It is the same old Weyane criminal act even to the residents of its home turf!
ofcourse this is the evil work of Woyane!
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!
I think the end of tplf is coming so lets be ready for their funerals
On May 8th, 2010 Southern Ethiopian Town Adaba dewellers met killers face to face. The ring leader is Known by The name of Tadesse Haile Mekonen. The other six of them planned the hairy deadily day for the citizens. Schools were ordered to bring all children to the gatherings, which commamorate 20th anniversary of formation of OPDO.
When all are set, Tadesse Haile Mekonen, tossed his hand granade at the crowed, killing two, and wounding over 48. Among the citizens that were shredded, by explosion were little school, girls and boys as young as 9 years old.
Three of accomplices were ressled by citizens, while other three fled the seen, with their coward hand granades.
Here, the public need justices now, for victims to heal. Tadesse Haile Mekonen must be killed by hunging at the same spot he hurt so many lives. His cohorts also must stand trial and punished. Their properties be sold, and staggering medical bills and compensation to the victims now.
We demand justice for these victims. Cowards must be hunged, where they hurt children.
Hung, the worthless criminals of May 8th, 2010, now! Tadesse Haile Mekonen, should not live one more day!
The freedom fighters should not attack civilians, because it prolongs the suffering of the people and returns no fruit to their organization and credibility. Meles is evil and have an elusive gift to skip from the net, but if everybody cooperated to the common goal including our neighbors eventually will get caught and bring to justice. History spoken all evildoers will go down to waste pipe to join their group in the dark ugly file of Ethiopian history for generations to come.