A fight broke out at a ruling party meeting chaired by Meles Zenawi last month, which ended with his spokesperson, Bereket Simon, flat on the floor, according to reliable sources close to the ruling party.
Bereket had to get medical attention for the injury he sustained from a sucker punch by Abadula Gemeda, the former defense minister and currently speaker of the fake parliament.
Following the incident, Bereket was absent from work and his regular press conferences for several days.
Reportedly, the brawl broke out when Bereket insulted Abadula Gemeda, and Abadula responded in kind. Bereket then approached the much bigger Abadula in a threatening way. Seconds later Bereket was knoked out cold.
As is the case with most despots, Meles enjoys keeping his puppets at each others throat.