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Deadly explosion on Ethiopia-Eritrea border

March 13th, 2008 |  |  26 Comments

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There has been a deadly explosion in a bus on the disputed border between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Ethiopian [Woyanne] officials said at least seven people were killed and 10 wounded when the bus exploded in the Ethiopian-controlled town of Humera.

They said they believed an explosive device had been attached to the bus.

The blast happened just before the United Nations Security Council met to discuss the future of the UN force stationed in the disputed border zone.

The UN peacekeepers were sent eight years ago to monitor a border security zone, after the war which killed tens of thousands of people between Eritrea and Ethiopia in the late 1990s.

The explosion took place on a crowded bus just as it was leaving the bus station at Humera at the western end of the Ethiopia-Eritrea border.

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Associated Press

Ethiopia [Woyanne] blames Eritrea after explosion kills 8

Eight people have been killed in an explosion Thursday in northwestern Ethiopia, government officials said, and Ethiopia [Woyanne officials] said rival Eritrea was responsible.

Eritrean Information Minister Ali Abdu told The Associated Press dismissed Ethiopia's accusation as: "total rubbish."

Tigray State Vice President Abadi Zemo said a bomb attached to a bus exploded in Humera, about 370 miles northwest of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Humera is in Tigray State and borders Sudan.





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26 Responses to “Deadly explosion on Ethiopia-Eritrea border”

  1. Assta B. Gettu says:

    Be aware people of Ethiopia and people of Eritrea! Whoever attached the explosive device to the civilian bus to kill innocent passengers has a plan in his/her mind to ignite the fire – the border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

    March 13th, 2008 at 6:50 pm

  2. chomchambawe says:

    i am just wondering why would anyone or group do such extrem crime!this cowardic act seems to me beyond my nightmare. whoever did this should go to hell.

    March 13th, 2008 at 7:33 pm

  3. wogen says:

    Humara have been part of gonder before woyane annexed it to tigray as part of its great tigray policy.you know humera is very fertile and currently all the big farms owned by TPLF cadres.All the dead are cadres so yibelew bilenale.Viva arbegnawu

    March 13th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

  4. Ewnet says:

    wogen,you are wrong.how could it gives you happiness when poor Ethiopians got killed.Shame on you

    March 13th, 2008 at 9:55 pm

  5. ET 4 ever says:

    Guys who cares if it is part of Gonder or Tigray.

    The Humera and Welkait speak Tigrinya and they are Ethiopians.

    Remember Meles Zenawi wife , Azeb Mesfin , is from Humera and Welkait.

    I hope we dont go to war again!!!
    Kinijit we need to stop this!

    March 13th, 2008 at 11:14 pm

  6. wogen says:

    Ewnet,

    Donot kid me!The people (morethan 200 ) who dead during the 2005 election time,arenot civilians?why donot you cry at that time?i regreat to all ethiopian civilian deaths.but believe me when it is TPLF/Agazi funeral i am dancing at the moment !!shame on you for crying for TPLF !!BANDA

    March 13th, 2008 at 11:35 pm

  7. Tariku says:

    This is the work of Weyane.They are expert at these.

    March 13th, 2008 at 11:37 pm

  8. Amazed says:

    Wayane must return the stolen fertile land of Gondor. It's was believed the bus was carying the most hated Wayane cadres who now met the taste of their own medicin.

    March 13th, 2008 at 11:57 pm

  9. Gebru says:

    This is an usual strategy committed by Woyane every time whenever they have a plan to do some evil thing in the future. I don't trust them while they are propagating the explosion has been done by someonelse; instead Woyane might…

    March 14th, 2008 at 1:24 am

  10. Guest1 says:

    Ethiopian oppositions should condemn the attack on civilians.

    Down with evil terrorist!!!

    March 14th, 2008 at 2:49 am

  11. Robele Ababya says:

    It is utterly wrong to kill the innocent no matter where it happens in the world. The explosion portends more trouble.
    The duo leading the proxy war in Somalia bear responsibility for the tragic death of the innocent.

    March 14th, 2008 at 4:00 am

  12. Amazed says:

    Wayane should condemn attacks on Somalian and Ethiopian civilians by Wayane army.

    March 14th, 2008 at 7:17 am

  13. yigermal says:

    This is not the type of discussion we intend to make. The last 30 + years have given us a chance to see every aspect of life as we passed through different difficult stages. now is the time for all of us to wake up with maturity and make practical move. war is not the option as had never been. let us try to work together for peace, democracy and prosperity. the attack on civilians needs to be condemned. who ever does it, crime is committed.
    i don't see anyone making profit out of this type of act.
    we have other hot and important issues to be addressed.let us not be victims for those who do not like to see us united.

    thank you.

    yigemal
    03.14.2008.

    March 14th, 2008 at 7:26 am

  14. rasta1200 says:

    This was directed by melles zenawi and acted by his thuges. nice special effect.

    March 14th, 2008 at 7:28 am

  15. Tesfaye Efraim says:

    it is amazing why gonders are not armed to fight weyane inorder to return humera & welqait to its former provincial administration gonder.

    gonderewoch melemamet becha hone ende tiglu??

    March 14th, 2008 at 9:27 am

  16. surafel says:

    This is the begining of un ending war between Ethiopia and Eritria. Plz don't try to find a sily reason to go war. The Ethiopian people are smart enough to understand this plot.

    March 14th, 2008 at 12:13 pm

  17. Anbesaw says:

    The forgin media says civilian bus,but it is not!
    The bus was property of the "Weyane" organazation and it was full of WOYANE cadres. The bus was heading to "Shire" for TPLF meeting. Call the residents of that area and they will explain the feeling of the people.

    In the name of civilian and blablablabla……do you think the people of Ethiopia should have to neel down for Weyane forever?

    The suffering people should have to use any mince of strugle!!

    March 14th, 2008 at 12:27 pm

  18. humera says:

    humera belongs to gondar not tigray region.

    March 14th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

  19. woube says:

    Dear Yigermal
    You are right! But peaceful struggle is not understood by woyanne. woyanne always needs war not peace. we know it from its birth place dedebit to its palace addis. woyanne makes a lot of profit from war. Remember they are in somali now. You think that they are sacrifying for the people of ethiopia and somali?

    March 14th, 2008 at 1:55 pm

  20. Girma says:

    Let them continue there drama as usual.

    March 14th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

  21. yikerebelen says:

    Who was behind all explosives in addis ababa after may election? OF cource weyane was behind all explosives against ethiopia's national bank and other places in A.A to terrorize ethiopians in their own city. So the same action has taken by weyanes in humera for the simple reason to blame eritrea for weyane's action. that means weyane is planning to start the war with it's last muscle. the war will dig weyane's grave for once and for all.Yes , humera was a part of gonder and will be a part of it when the day's of eviles will end up in qality. both brotherly ppl from tigeray and gonder will living together in peace.

    March 14th, 2008 at 4:46 pm

  22. Waluwa says:

    Please DO NOT TRUST Weyane. Weyane wants some diversion from the on going election that is totally BS… If Weyane decides to go to war with Eritrea then Ethiopians will get a chance to re-unit once again. Weyane that thinks like a donkey, will go down along with the dictators of Eritrea. This is the time for Ormo to rise and shine, to lead Ethiopia. Oromo is best to chase donkeys :-)

    March 14th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

  23. Matti says:

    If Meles and his stooges have to enjoy life one day at a time in Addis they must kill, kill, kill, create chaos, hate, lies, shaebia, and kiss the west's behind. Meles and his stooges had fooled the Ethiopian and Eritrean people for some times now but no more. All the development and democracy hoopla were nothing but fabricated stories. The only development that took place in Ethiopia for that past 18 years are, A-Meles stomach got fatter, his got bolder, his behind got fatter; and B- his wife face looked marble, her behind got bigger; C- Bereket stomach looks its holding the 193 that were slaughtered during the last election, last but not least Seyoum Mesfin got bolder from his head to his stomach!

    March 14th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

  24. bert says:

    Folks,
    It has all the hallmark of Weyn! Remmember all the explosions in Addis which were blamed on the opposition and Shaebya? It is the same Bull at different day. On unrelated issue I have to agree with Elias though in the fact that we in the Diaspora just know to talk, but no action of any susbstance. It may well be that the pen may be mightier than the sword, but, in the final analysis, it is action that changes things – not just finger pointing at the Weyanes. I am sorry, but, Weyane is sitting pretty by thrushing any and every opposing force including floundering with all legal ramifications. If you were Meles, would you care to respect the rule of law when you got the support of the "international community" [US] every time you do whatever damnest your heart desires to? Think about it.

    March 14th, 2008 at 9:40 pm

  25. MULUEZGI GEBREGRGIS says:

    woyane,always needs peace not war

    May 31st, 2008 at 11:19 am

  26. gondar says:

    gondar belongs to humera its not amahar region

    July 4th, 2008 at 6:08 am

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