Ethiopia security kills six rebels, capture 12

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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle

November 29 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – An Ethiopian police source on Friday
told *Sudan
Tribune* that security forces had killed six and captured 12 ‘‘ Eritrean
trained’’ Ethiopian rebels.

The source said the rebels had crossed into Ethiopia from Sudan to carry
out attacks in the country.

The source who spoke on condition of anonymity said the rebels were members
of the
Gambella rebel group.

Six of the rebels were killed in a fire exchange with Ethiopian security
forces around the Humera town in Northern Tigray region near the Sudanese
border.

Police said the rebels were trained and armed by the Eritrean government
and sent to Ethiopia on a terror mission with plans to carry out attacks at
targeted infrastructure facilities in and around the capital Addis Ababa.

Police added it was interrogating the captured rebels before releasing more
details on the rebels.

Since 2010, Ethiopia says it has arrested over 100 Eritrea-trained
‘‘terrorists,’’ most members of rebel groups which Eritrea harbours.

Eritrea is accused of being behind a number of foiled terrorist attacks in
Ethiopia including plans to bomb an African Union (AU) summit held in Addis
Ababa in 2011.

According to a report by the UN monitoring group on Somalia and Eritrea,
the red sea nation planned to carryout a car bomb attack at the AU
headquarters in Addis Ababa, when African leaders took breaks.

The UN report accused Eritrea of arming and financing Al-Qaida allied al
Shabaab group in Somalia

Addis Ababa routinely accuses its bitter rival Asmara of sponsoring
Ethiopian separatist groups such as Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and Ogaden
National Liberation Front (ONLF) as part of what Ethiopia says is to
destabilize nation.

Eritrean officials repeatedly dismiss Ethiopia’s allegations.

Ethiopia and Eritrea fought a bloody war between 1998 and 2000 over border
disputes which killed 70,000. Since then the two nations have remained at
loggerheads.

(ST)

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