The bodyguard who was reported to have killed himself in Addis Ababa on Saturday after shooting army chief of staff Seare Mekonnen and another retired general Gezai Abera is in the hospital recovering injury, the Ethiopian Federal Police Commission announced.
Contradicting its previous announcement that the bodyguard shot himself shortly after assassinating the generals, the Federal Police Commission said he is still alive. In a statement read on the national TV on Monday evening, the Commission said that the bodyguard is in the hospital, recovering injury. Earlier this morning head of the Ethiopian Federal Police Commission Endeshaw Tasew told the media that the bodyguard committed suicide. Yet another statement from the Office of the Prime Minister on Sunday alleged he was in custody.
The inconsistencies in government declarations are fueling extravagant rumors on social media. An activist and a rights defender Getachew Gebrekiros published on his Twitter feed saying that the stronghold of the enduring conspiracies in Ethiopia is the government itself. “The deliberate internet shutdown, the contradictory official press statements and the evident deceptions barraged by the PM have not abetted the intrigue to confuse the people,” he wrote.
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The most messed up drama script. Who knows Abiy will probably get rid of the police commissioner for not reading what was given to him correctly:)
you are right bro
What happened to the killed Generals and the Amhara leaderships is crystal clear. The attempt of fabricating false rumors to blame the innocent Abiy Ahemed Ali ,our beloved leader,who brought peace and stability to our country and the whole horn of Africa is just to instigate unrest and fuel interethnic clashes. Dr. Abiy Ahemed Ali is innocent and a man of God. In the future if you go to the bath room and you can not pass your stool because of constipation ,it seems you blame it on Dr.Abiy Ahemed Ali, Ethiopia God given leader.
Trump updates his opinion to the people about minor issues happening in the country at least via twitter.Here in our country, where we’re at crossroads, the pm chose to wait to disclose what really happened.I think he’s waiting for the script that can be unquestionable instead of telling us the blatant truth…