(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, which was a candy... Read more
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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: arrested, bomb, Eritrea, Eritrean, Fake bomb, Gorado, Luwiza Daman, Phoenix airport, Shani
Eritrea planned massive bomb attack on African Union summit, UN says
July 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Crime, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: African union, african union head office, African union summit, al-shabab, AU summit, bomb, bomb plot, Eritrea, UN, UN Ethiopia‘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 it had foiled the... 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: arrested, bomb, Marine Corps, Melaku, pentagon, Pentagon bomb, pentagon suspect, Yonathan, yonathan MelakuMore 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 the Pentagon. Melaku joined the... Read more
Eritrea Denies Backing Rebels Jailed for Planning Ethiopian Summit Attack
June 17 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: African union summit, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, bomb, bomb plot, Eritrea bomb, oromo liberation front, terrorismEritrea 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 Ababa were trained and... Read more
Ethiopia jails 14 for African Union HQ bomb plot
June 9 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: African union summit, bomb, bomb attack, bomb plot, Eritrea's regime, meles zenawi, OLF, ONLFADDIS 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 targets in Addis Ababa... Read more
Ethiopia Downplays Fears of Terrorist Attack At AU Summit
January 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Crime, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: African union, African union summit, Al-Shabaab, AU, Australia, Australia warn, bomb, Islamist, somalia, terrorist attack, Threat, UK, warningDailyNation: 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 the control of the... Read more
Britain issued travel warning over Ethiopia AU summit bomb threat
January 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, Featured, Uncategorized, World Tags: Al-Shabaab, AU, Australia, Australia warn, bomb, Islamist, somalia, terrorist attack, Threat, UK, warning(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 hotels, restaurants and bars. “Due... Read more
Terrorist group Al-Shabab is believed behind the bombings of kampala
July 12 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, World Tags: al-shabab, bomb, bomb blast, Ethiopian Village restaurant, Kampala bomb, terrorist, terrorist attack, Uganda bomb, Uganda terrorist attackKAMPALA, 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 — al-Shabab, which has... Read more
Ethiopia bus bomb wounds 13, three days before poll
May 20 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: bomb, bus, Tigray, wounded// // // // // //
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