Photo : FBCborkenaJune 6, 2019Nekemte city soccer player is reportedly killed on Wednesday around 7 p.m. local time after a grenade attack in Fact Hotel. There were gunshots following the grenade attack. Nekemte, a town in Wollega zone of Oromo region in Western Ethiopia, town communication officer Almaz Tadele told Deutsche Welle Amharic service that the soccer player died from a gunshot. On May 29, six people were killed in a grenade attack in Amphilo Mugi, Qelem district of Wollega region – an incident over which the armed group and government traded accusation. While the government claims that the grenade attack was carried out by Jal Merro’s rebel group, the militant group, on the other hand, claims that the armed group is behind the attack.

Source: Ethiopian News June 06, 2019 23:15 UTC