An Ethiopian official said no fewer than 13 security personnel working for opposing sides died from injuries during the failed coup attempt to overthrow the governance structure of Ethiopia’s populous Amhara regional state. Adamu said that the regional security apparatus, working in partnership with the federal government, has so far arrested four senior regional officials as part of an ongoing high-level investigation into the coup attempt. Adamu also said the coup attempt was orchestrated by Asaminew Tsige, who was the intelligence and security chief of the Amhara regional state. The failed coup attempt had left no fewer than five senior federal and regional government officials dead, including the Amhara regional state president, Ambachew Mekonnen. Tasew also said that if the federal and regional security apparatuses could not contain the coup attempt on time it would have triggered serious damages to the country’s overall stability.

Source: Ethiopian News June 25, 2019 14:03 UTC