Posts Tagged ‘bomb’

3 Eritreans arrested over fake bomb at Phoenix airport ( VIDEO )

August 13 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Eritrea, Eritrean, News, People, Uncategorized, United States, Video Tags: , , , , , , , ,

(Reuters) – Three Africans were charged on Friday with trying to sneak a fake bomb past a screening area at a Phoenix airport, in what the FBI describes as a possible test of security. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Arizona also states that the discovery of the suspicious item,... Read more

Eritrea planned massive bomb attack on African Union summit, UN says

July 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Crime, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

‘Baghdad-style’ car bomb attack planned in Addis Ababa, capital of neighbour and foe Ethiopia, which hosted 30 heads of state in January Eritrea planned a massive attack on an African Union summit in Ethiopia in January this year that was designed to “make Addis Ababa like Baghdad”, according to a new UN report. At the time, Ethiopia claimed... Read more

Details on Ethiopian descent Pentagon bomb scare suspect Yonathan Melaku (Video)

June 17 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Ethiopian, News, People, Uncategorized, United States, Video Tags: , , , , , , , ,

More details coming out on Ethiopian descent Yonathan Melaku who is in custody in the suspect of this morning Pentagon bomb scare. Yonathan Melaku was awarded two medals in his nearly four years in the Marine Corps Reserve, but now he will be better known by a less distinguished title: Suspect in a bomb scare at... Read more

Eritrea Denies Backing Rebels Jailed for Planning Ethiopian Summit Attack

June 17 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , ,

Eritrea denied providing support to an Ethiopian rebel group that had 14 members jailed earlier this month for a plot to bomb an African Union summit. Ethiopia’s government said on June 9 that members of the Oromo Liberation Front who received sentences ranging from nine years to life for attempting to attack the January summit in Addis... Read more

Ethiopia jails 14 for African Union HQ bomb plot

June 9 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , ,

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia’s supreme court jailed 14 people for terms ranging from nine years to life for plotting bomb attacks, including on the African Union’s headquarters, court papers showed Thursday. In the verdict handed down on Wednesday, judges said the 14 had the backing of Eritrea for the plan to bomb key... Read more

Ethiopia Downplays Fears of Terrorist Attack At AU Summit

January 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Crime, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

DailyNation: Addis Ababa — Ethiopian authorities have downplayed the ‘reliable terrorist attack risk’ at the forthcoming African Union (AU) summit later this week in Addis Ababa, notified by western countries. Ethiopia’s Foreign ministry’s spokesperson Ambassador Dina Muftui told the Nation that the country was aware of the risk but it was not beyond... Read more

Britain issued travel warning over Ethiopia AU summit bomb threat

January 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, Featured, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

(Reuters) – Britain amended its travel advice for Ethiopia on Thursday after the Australian foreign ministry warned that militants were planning bomb attacks on Addis Ababa during an African Union summit starting this week. The Foreign Office told its citizens to be vigilant, especially in crowded areas, such as bus stations, and places frequented by foreigners, including... Read more

Terrorist group Al-Shabab is believed behind the bombings of kampala

July 12 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , ,

KAMPALA, Uganda — Bombs exploded at two sites in Uganda’s capital late Sunday as people watched the World Cup final on TV, killing at least 30 people. At least three Americans — part of a church group from Pennsylvania — were among the wounded. Police Chief Kale Kaihura said he believed that Somalia’s most feared militia... Read more

Ethiopia bus bomb wounds 13, three days before poll

May 20 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , ,

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* Second blast in border region in four weeks * Eritrea may try to disrupt elections, Ethiopia says * Ethiopia votes in national elections on May 23 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle MEKELE, Ethiopia, May 20 (Reuters) – A bomb exploded on a bus in Ethiopia near... Read more

Two Ethiopians Killed In A Bomb Attack

May 8 | Posted by ocean | Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

ADDIS ABABA — Attackers hurled a bomb at a political meeting in Ethiopia, killing two people and wounding 14 others just over two weeks before national elections, a government spokesman said Friday. The blast happened in Adaba in the Oromya region of southern Ethiopia on Thursday as members of a party from the ruling coalition were hosting... Read more