Ethiopian president Sahle-Work Zewde and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed were present on Tuesday a ceremony honouring assassinated army chief of staff, Seare Mekonnen. Mekonnen and a retired Major General Gezai Abera were shot at and killed by his personal bodyguard in Addis Ababa last Saturday. They two were reportedly working towards thwarting an alleged coup in the northern Amhara regional state. The bodies of the two will later be flown to capital of the Tigary regional state, Mekelle for burial tomorrow. “A national committee has been formed to organize military honours for General Seare Mekonnen and retired Major General Gezai Abera.

Source: Ethiopian News June 25, 2019 09:22 UTC