ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Two people were killed and eight wounded when a bomb went off in a restaurant in a small town in western Eritrea, the foreign ministry said Saturday.
The explosion rocked the restaurant Wednesday. There have been no claims oif responsibility.
“Two people were killed and eight others seriously injured when a bomb exploded at restaurant in Haikota semi-urban center on February 25,” a statement said.
Ethiopia and Eritrea often accuse each other of staging bomb attacks in each other’s territiory.
Relations between the two have been frosty since fighting a devastating 1998-2000 border war that claimed tens of thousands of lives on both sides. The dispute is yet to be resolved.