The government says General Asamnew Tsige masterminded gun attacks on Saturday night that killed five people including the national army's chief of staff and Amhara's state president. "The main people behind the failed coup are still at large and the security forces are hunting them," the prime minister's press secretary, Negussu Tilahun, said. Amhara state president Ambachew Mekonnen and an adviser were killed in the region's main city Bahir Dar, it added. Asamnew had told the Amhara people to arm themselves and prepare for fighting against other groups, in a video spread on Facebook a week earlier. Asamnew himself was released from prison last year after receiving an amnesty for a similar coup attempt.

Source: Ethiopian News June 24, 2019 11:26 UTC