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Ethiopia charged five Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) operatives linked to an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during a rally on June 23 at Meskel Square in the capital Addis Ababa.
According to VOA Amharic service report, the suspects are identified as Getu Girma, Berhanu Jafar, Tilahun Getachew, Bahru Tolla and Desalegne Tesfaye, and they are facing terrorism charges.
“The suspects have fully and actively participated in the crime with the intent to launch an attack [killing] on prime minister Abiy Ahmed,” the Federal prosecutor is cited as saying.
The defendants are granted ten days to prepare for their defense hearing.
What was the motivation for the assassination attempt?
Apparently, politics.
Charge detail by the federal prosecutor says that the attack was planned in a way to be carried out by Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), which is a radical ethno-nationalist group, operatives.
Ethiopia charged five OLF operatives with terrorism over PM assassination attempt
Don't pitch a fit about being marginalized, get one of your own in, and then have a knipshit about how he won't truly represent the Oromo.
According to VOA Amharic service report, the suspects are identified as Getu Girma, Berhanu Jafar, Tilahun Getachew, Bahru Tolla and Desalegne Tesfaye, and they are facing terrorism charges.
“The suspects have fully and actively participated in the crime with the intent to launch an attack [killing] on prime minister Abiy Ahmed,” the Federal prosecutor is cited as saying.
The defendants are granted ten days to prepare for their defense hearing.
What was the motivation for the assassination attempt?
Apparently, politics.
Charge detail by the federal prosecutor says that the attack was planned in a way to be carried out by Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), which is a radical ethno-nationalist group, operatives.
Ethiopia charged five OLF operatives with terrorism over PM assassination attempt
Don't pitch a fit about being marginalized, get one of your own in, and then have a knipshit about how he won't truly represent the Oromo.
