Two local gov’t officials killed in a series of assassinations in Amhara region this weekThe late Milishu Bekele, the head of Kowet district administration in the North Shewa Zone (Photo: Social Media)Addis Abeba – Two local government officials in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, specifically within the North Shewa Zone, have reportedly been killed this week. On June 6, 2024, the Kewot district administration announced that Milishu Bekele, the head of the North Shewa Zone’s Kowet district administration office, was killed by armed men while moving within the city. These incidents are the latest in a series of attacks targeting officials in the Amhara region. In July 2023, Abdu Hussein, head of the security department for the North Shewa Zone’s Shewa Robit city administration, was fatally shot by unidentified individuals. Within 24 hours of Abdu’s death, two senior security officials in the East Gojam Zone’s Dejen district, Inspector Zewdu Tadele and Deputy Inspector Worku Shimelus, were killed while monitoring eighth-grade exams.

Source: Ethiopian News June 07, 2024 10:33 UTC