Ethiopian regime claims the shooting death of a British tourist in Bahir Dar
was an accident
Eyewitnesses tell a different story. They said that the British national was
ambushed by a policeman.
26.12.2014
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - A 47-year-old British tourist was killed in a church in
northwestern Ethiopia after a man accidentally fired a gun, a government
spokesman said on Thursday.
The incident occurred on Wednesday morning in Bahir Dar, a leading tourist
destination about 500km from the capital Addis Ababa and famed for the
nearby Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile.
"It appears that a resident of Bahir Dar, who was licensed to carry a gun,
accidentally discharged his gun while changing the gun position from one
shoulder to the other," government spokesman Shimeles Kema said.
"The gun is an old rifle," he said, adding that the man did not know it was
loaded.
"He is a civilian. He has been arrested and the investigation is ongoing.
The accident happened in a church," he said.
The British embassy confirmed that a national had died but gave no details.
Received on Fri Dec 26 2014 - 11:55:43 EST