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Woyanne Federal police open fire on Muslim worshipers

Posted on , Updated on by Elias Kifle

UPDATE There is no light in several parts of Addis Ababa right now. Anwar area in Merkato is filled with tens of thousands of people.
Federal Police started to retreat after being overwhelmed by defiant crowd.

UPDATE: Woyanne Federal police forcibly entered Awolia Mosque and arrested some individuals. People are in the streets facing live bullets. Shots from heavy caliber guns (may be .50 caliber) are being heard. It seems that the Woyanne Federal Police has a shoot-to-kill policy. They are aiming directly at the unarmed protesters. Ethiopian Review sources report that Muslim leaders are appealing to the worshipers to take shelter. Wounded people are being rushed to hospitals… stay tuned for more update

The tension between the ruling Woyanne junta in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Muslim community turned violent once again today when Federal police troopers opened fire on unarmed Muslim worshipers in Addis Ababa. According to Ethiopian Review sources, the the Federal police opened fire when the worshipers tried to reach the Awolia Mosque in Merkato that was blocked off this morning. First, the police used teargas to disperse the crowed. They also savagely beat up the peacefully worshipers with sticks and buttons. The security forces resorted to shooting live bullets when the worshipers broke through the police blockade.

37 thoughts on “Woyanne Federal police open fire on Muslim worshipers”

  1. We christians are watching while our muslim brothers and sisters get killed by Woyane. It is time to join them and fight back.

    jhon replies:
    July 20th, 2012 at 7:55 AM

    our first intension is to build this country and make it developed and the killed muslims were trying to crate chaos we chrstians love muslims when they practive their religon peace fully but when they start to disstabilize the country they become our enemies so don’t blaim woyane for securing the nations security and doing its job

  2. 4 people were killed inside the Awolya Mosque and many more are feared dead. In Aksum, Tigray, 18 Muslims were beaten badly for opposing the TPLF regime last week.

  3. Had the Christians been as brave as the Muslims, the junta would have been eradicated.

    I hope the suffering of my Ethiopian friends come to an end soon!

  4. some places in addis christians are joining their mouslim brothers.

    jhon replies:
    July 20th, 2012 at 8:00 AM

    This is complety false and untrue no ethiopian will support this terorist muslims we only help the good muslims who know this difference between religione and nation the nation is above all and for all

  6. In Ethiopia, there is freedom of religion. People are free to worship whatever reeligion they want too. I don’t really see why the muslims are trying to create a chaos in Addis Abeba. Diversity in everything is beauty in ethiopia. Give me a break.I want peace and harmony as usua; in ethiopia

    Mohammed replies:
    July 14th, 2012 at 6:52 PM

    “Aysha” ha ha, lier lier. You are a silly cadre who want to send a propaganda “Ethiopian Muslim supporting her government”. Tell me, what freedom do we have? Is a ruling party using religious institutes defined by you as “freedom”? Go to your ETV and waste your time by continuing lying, unfortunately for you it’s only your fellow cadres who will devotedly watch it.

  7. The Ethiopian people should say enough is enough. The time is ripe to remove the woyane junta from the power. I LIKE TO APPEAL TO TRUE ETHIOPIAN SOLDIERS NOT TO HARM OR KILL THEIR OWN FELLOW CITIZENS. The soldiers should know that the regime of Meles Zenawi is on one leg and the Woyane leaders are looking for a route to escape justice. ITS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL ETHIOPIAN SOLDIERS TO GUARD THE WOYANE JUNTAS FROM ESCAPING via Bole, Moyale, Diredawa, Gonder, and other routes. Believe me the woyane leaders are looting hard currency from the government and national institutions. Every Ethiopian in Ethiopia have the responsibility to detain all woyane leaders, cadres and soldiers so that they can face justice without any delay. Meles Zenawi, Azeb Golla, Bereket Simeon, Sheikh Al-Moudi need to be watched 24 hours a day.
    We need to be aware of our diversity and it should be the source of strength to Ethiopia we all love. LET’S WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE OUR BELOVED COUNTRY THE BEST PLACE FOR ETHIOPIANS. Remember either we go east or west, our home country (ETHIOPIA) will remain the best.

    Nadew replies:
    July 14th, 2012 at 1:08 AM

    i never hear stupit guy like you.this is in your dream. Don’t fantasaze a lot. Never gnn’ happen in a million year.

    Jegnaw replies:
    July 15th, 2012 at 7:04 PM

    Nadew
    Ethiopia will be free of Woyane parasite whether you like it or not.that day is fast approaching then people like you will get judgement from Ethiopia..

    Dejane
    i believe just as you believe down to TPLF and to there blind Hodam supporters..

    GOD bless Ethiopia.

    Anonymous replies:
    July 14th, 2012 at 10:23 PM

    The day has arrived when Ethiopia and its people would see the 20 years yoke of oppression imposed by the weyane disappear for ever. I’m calling all Ethiopian to join the final move to the liberation of our country from the ethnic intoxicated regime. Ethiopia should take this time this golden opportunity to pave the way for establishment of a country that would be envied by all democracy loving people of this world. Let’ s join our Muslim brothers and sister. We have to recognise that their cause is ours and we could finally able to send the last nail on the coffin of meles zenaw and his co. they’ve ignored and despised the great people of Ethiopia for more than two decades. I’m ethiopian somali and i’m proud to be ethiopia. But we need to create ethiopia that all its people live in equiality, prosperity and democratic rule. What’s happening in addis ababa is a part and parcel of democratic movement mushrooming in different part of Ethiopia. Trust me it’s the end of wayane. We’ve seen in the past when regime and autocratic leaders fell. These are the correct tell-tale for the final collapse of the regime.

  8. Where are the Christian church leaders…..I guess they are leaking Paulos’s ass……

    Today, I convert my religion and become a Muslim…

    Most Ethiopian should do the same!

  9. Well done Ethiopians. When will my fellow Eritrean moslems and christians rise up and dismantle the evil Shaebia regime.
    It has been 21 years since we lived in hell hole called Eritrea. Our land is stolen and we can not take our fishing boats to the sea. Eritrea has become a hell on earth worse than Weyane’s Ethiopia.
    I see light coming to Ethiopia, may your light sparkle our dark home.

  11. Enough is enough with the minority racist ethnic Aparthied woyane rulers. Muslim, Chritian, ladies, gentleman, priests, shakes, all of us have to through a stone to dismantle this worthless regime.

    Gezaee H. replies:
    July 14th, 2012 at 8:10 AM

    Freedom, you are saying this from USA? You want other people to die for you? that is not good.

    TPLF AKSHAFE replies:
    July 14th, 2012 at 6:47 PM

    Gezaee we know you will not die for ordinary Ethiopian accept kill innocent loot Ethiopia in behalf of your ethnocentric LEBA TPLF so nothing new.we know who you are Banda TPLF you are not fulling any one in this forum but keep barking ENDETENEKA WUSHA..

    Anonymous replies:
    July 14th, 2012 at 10:22 PM

    Gezaee or whatever you ugly name is –

    Go away, you are just a stinking boliviating ignoramus. I can’t believe at your continued illiterate ranting on all of Ethiopian websites – needless to say that you are an axx hole – perhaps you are an ignorant illiterate, wanna be criminal, a cousin of Legesse Zenawi.

    Elias – please block this sick individual from ever commenting on your website. He has nothing to contribute but spreads hatred and animosity among Ethiopians of different creed and religion. He is uncivilized Tigre who doesn’t belong in a public discourse forums!

  13. I think it is evident that destabilizing Ethiopia is on the way a la order from outsiders. It is very clear. As the Muslims are going to defend themselves then the TPLF will say aaah terrorists have been here all along then will get more arms from the West. I believe TPLF is fearing mass protest as Meles health is not for certain therefore it is also trying to create chaos in Ethiopia by scaring christians and making Muslims as terrirsts, and so on.

  14. I think the best time is now to continue the fight against woyane. The muslim has started and the christian must finish it. Go now say Atenesam woy… like in the EPRP time the god old days when young had no fear but went out to demonstrate their unger and frustration against the Derg regim. Today things has changed but let us revers it like the good old days. Let us sing together Fano tesemara ende Hochimini ende Cheguavera…. Remember old good days?

    Anonymous replies:
    July 14th, 2012 at 8:55 AM

    Talaku,

    Sure, Your fire is admirable. But have you thought of the Ethiopian society today? This is not 1960s of colonial struggle among oppressed people who stood up againist tyrnny. Today you have the have and the have nots.

    In the last 20 yrs Weyanne had quitely dismantle any nationalist feeling that remained. Today it is individualism that rules not nationalism-that is the reality of the time in many places.

    There is no orgainsation of people. No student union, workers union, teachers union, journalist union. Without these means of change, I am afraid calling for an uprising is dangereous.

  15. Dejanes,that is true,they must face justice,they have lived only for them selves at the price of all Ethiopians.what have the jewish state,Israel done to Adolf Echman,you have named the leaders who are trying turn back the history of modern Ethiopia,only people who think like animals can send Eskender Neag and Andualem Arage,they have thought to go on like that,they have done it in the fields of Tegray,these drunkards.

  16. Dear Talaku,

    Your old EPRP style did not help Ethiopia to fare; You EPRP which was led by own cousin has only destroyed Ethiopia. Violence is not good brother unless you are ignorant. You have to see Somalia if anarcy is good. Either you are ignorant or selfish who want to see Ethiopia in anarcy.

    Anyway, TPL has to apply the law to decimate Wahabism, Wahabism is much worse than all the Ethiopian oppositions. Giving deaf ear to Wahabism is digging once own grave.

    Do not kill them,but use tear gase, rubber bullets, even other incapacitating chemicals that immobile them.

    Close the mosques which are used to trigger violence and anarcy, you can tell me you believe in God and at the same time, you can usse your church or mosque to forment lawlessness and anarchy. That is devils work, not God’s work.

    You do not have to ban Alhabash, Ethiopia is not Saudi Arabia, if people want, they can worship stones , suns, moons, trees as long they do it peacefully. You do not have a right to control what people have to worship. Have your Alla in the form you wanted it, but do not force peope to have only your God.

    If Ethiopians are to be divided , and to be subjected to Anarch because of religion, if religion is to be used as a source of conflict, war, then we all neeed to close the church or mosque and we all need to have one common God, it does not matter, we can even worship stones if it give us peace. We cannot afford to kill each other for unforeseen Allah’s Genet. The Arab Allah is nog good for us.

    In the first place, why is God a man? is God a man? who said said God is Male? why there is no female God? we probably need female God, the Male God is not working. I do believe God is male gender because of male dominance only. I do not believe God is male. I would say the creator has no gender.

    TPLF AKSHAFE replies:
    July 14th, 2012 at 7:06 PM

    Gezaee
    MOLACHA LEBA
    your shitting in your pant cos of fear what will happen to your kind to what you guys did to Ethiopia…now you are trying to describe people from fighting this murderers TPLF.
    and it is not going to work. your day will come very soon. and Ethiopia will be free from the likes of people like you and TPLF shiftas.until then keep trying to turn the tide from your destruction. and the end of killing and looting Ethiopia will be over for all of you parasite TPLF and there Hodam supporters.you got that Gezaee

    TPLF AKSHAFE replies:
    July 15th, 2012 at 1:13 PM

    I meant to say trying to discourage people fro fighting TPLF..sorry for the word”describe”

  17. My biggest sadness is in the way we seem to think we get rid of a government however bad without any vible oppostion in place or any visible force that can take over.

    In the absence of such force, the reality would be chaos and another battle of fringe groups for the control of power.

    This why, if we want democratic change in our country, first and for most, all energy has to be poured into educating the society to stand up for their right whoever is in power, that can be done all the time. Demand the right to organise, demand the right to rule of law, demand the right to live in your own country without being beaten

    uncontrollable inflation. Demand for a decent education and health care. Enourge each other to widen the traditional edir to become civil Societies. Basically politics from bottom up insead of the other way around. We have seen that and that all end up in authoritorianism. We need to learn from the experience of Egypt. The muslim brotherhood has been around since 1920s.

    Anonymous replies:
    July 14th, 2012 at 5:42 PM

    I can’t agree more brother

    Mohammed replies:
    July 14th, 2012 at 5:43 PM

    I can’t agree more

    TPLF AKSHAFE replies:
    July 14th, 2012 at 7:16 PM

    I demand the end of TPLF from TIGRAY 1st and second I demand the end of TPLF rule in all of Ethiopia but most of all let us get the HODAM AMOGEST our mist.and no mercy don’t you think Ewenta?

  18. Where is the dwl of orthodox church..they should be ringing it from one end to another. Where are the Protestants , the Jehovah’s …etc. this the master on Ethiopian brother and sister everyone should condone it. Enough is enough!

  19. Under TPLF dictatorial regimes non violent struggle is not sufficient enough to bring change and/or stop oppression/suppression , instead only increased suppression, suffering and death, but currently us we have seen the Arab Spring, using all the available struggle strategy is fast, most effective and minimal causalities than full fledge war alone.

    All the TPLF|EPRDF leaders will pay all the prise soon.

  20. Go head people of great Habasha…….free your self and be the master of your destiny. Muslims and Christians should unite against aggressive minority rule…..Freedom for all Ethnics against forced unity of the so called Ethiopia……..No Justice No Peace……..No peace……. No Food…….

  21. When the Muslims try to build a mosque the Christians donate. when the Christians try to build a Church the Muslims donate. ONLY IN ETHIOPIA. That was the Ethiopia i remember… we were all neighbors; what happened to us??? i wonder…Join our Muslim brothers and sisters! HAIMANOT YEGIL, HAGER YEGARA!

  22. It time to join our Ethiopians Muslim brothers, we do not want to see any innocent people being killed,brutalized by hopeless and moron dictators in Ethiopia. Ethiopians, Muslims, Christians, Ethiopian Jews, believers and none believers must be together to take out Illegitimate regime THE (TPLF). We can not expect and anyone from other side to come solve our problem. Rise Ethiopia, Rise Ethiopians. No for tyranny. Ethiopia shall be free!!!

    LONG LIVE ETHIOPIANS !!!!!

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