ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Ethiopian police have arrested a local man suspected of killing of a U.S. diplomat at his home in Addis Ababa, officials said on Wednesday.
The unnamed suspect was being transferred to the capital after he was detained by officers at Were-Illu village in the remote north of the country on Tuesday.
Local media reported that a laptop computer, mobile telephone, camera and several documents belonging to the U.S. diplomat had been found in his possession.
Diplomatic sources said the 25-year-old victim worked in the U.S. embassy’s consular section and had apparently been stabbed to death. His body was found at his home on Feb. 2.
State Department officials in Washington named him as Brian Adkins and said Ethiopia was his first foreign assignment.
(Reporting by Tsegaye Tadesse; Editing by Louise Ireland and Daniel Wallis)
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This is outrageous. However, this is a clear manifestation of the fact that people are getting difficult to survive because of the higher living cost. I would not be surprised if Ethiopia becomes the new South Africa.
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February 11th, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Delalaw: What is outrageous is mindless people like you who try to give an excuse for murder. Ewnetim Delala.
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February 11th, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Look this drama how unfold: This is a work of the govenment of Zenawi (brutual dictator) killed the diplomat and pick some inocent man to use him as a skep got. The Melese zenawi has been ordered by the US department to investgate the matter quick. Therefore, they have to use somebody to cover up the killing of this young diplomat. We all knew this is the work of the government security with the new law passed to prevent the western NGOs from reporting the human right abuse in the country. The diplomat have lost his life speaking up front with the Meles’s officials like Berket Simon (the master of the killing throughout the country). Nobody in Ethiopia kill any foregin for any reason leave alone the very charming US diplomat!!! From time to time we see the work of the government planting a bom throughout the city and public transportation and blaming this group and that group just to distract the western diplomat as if he had unresponsabile enemy operating in the country.
All I say for the US State Department, keep on pressering this mafia style Melese govenment to stop playing with fire!
The truth will prevel soon what kind of govenment the Bush era was protecting and supporting in Ethiopia!!
My condolonce goes out to the young diplomat’s parents and relative!!!
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February 11th, 2009 at 3:13 PM
I’ve no slight of a doubt orchestreted and killed by weyane mafia group.No doubt about this at all.weyane is behind all this kind of hineous crimes.
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February 11th, 2009 at 4:05 PM
It could be a woyane job. They probably suspected he is collecting evidence about their crimes. Or simply thought he is not their supporter. I blame woyane/melese
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February 11th, 2009 at 6:14 PM
In a country filled with criminal law enforcers.It is very possible the police put evidence on an innocent guy to save the real killer.
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February 11th, 2009 at 7:59 PM
I put the blame squarely on woyane too. Woyane probably suspected him of spying on them and decided to get rid of him. In my entire life, I have never heard an honest Ethiopian killing foreigners. Since woyane government is not Ethiopian, it is the only force capable commiting such crime. I say interogate woyane “kuncho” meles naziawi.
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February 11th, 2009 at 11:28 PM
How can a man who is captured in the remote part of Ethiopia could break in a heavily guarded American’s diplomats house, steal documents (we can understand the gadgets) and flee without apprehension, this is totally ridiculous, if you read the book “Ye Gazetegnaw Mastawesha, you will know how the woyannes operate their Cosa Nostra style surviving methods, this innocent American has died for a reason we might never know, it makes me sad to see the Department of State being played by those stupid third world mafia style dictators, Ethiopian Review should write a strong letter to Hilary Clinton’s office and to the Diplomats family about this matter to look into it or send the FBI to conduct the investigation because this will give a bad impression on the Ethiopian Diaspora which is now already suffering a bad reputation because of the recent awful killings within our own community, I guess we are hearing one or two murders and suicides in the Ethiopian Community in Diaspora. Plus, remember the unexplained conspicuous suicides and deaths of the most prominent Ethiopian businessmen we lost in one month alone and now a bizarre explanation of the death of a very well guarded American diplomat.
My heart goes out to the American Diplomat, the latest foriegn victim of the Ethiopian fake government conspiracy,
God Bless Ethiopia and the US we are living in,
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February 12th, 2009 at 11:30 AM
It is sad he is only 25 years old, may God bless his soul and RIP, guys don’t forget we lost hundreds perhaps thousans of voiceless kids too. . . Don’t forget mercha 97.
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February 13th, 2009 at 8:26 PM