From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Tue Jul 08 2008 - 09:47:26 EDT
Sudan accuses Ethiopian troops of cross-border raid on police camp that
killed 1 officer
The Associated Press
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
*KHARTOUM, Sudan:* Sudan on Tuesday accused Ethiopian troops of launching a
cross-border raid on a police camp that killed one officer and wounded
several other people.
Several civilians and the base's commander were among an unspecified number
of people wounded in Monday's attack on the Jebal Hantoub camp, about 10
miles (18 kilometers) from the countries' shared border, said Sudanese army
spokesman Brig. Osman al-Aghbash.
Farmers on both sides of the border have occasionally clashed in land
disputes, and the police force is stationed there under an agreement between
the two countries to protect farmers in the area, al-Aghbash said.
The spokesman denounced the attack. He said the Ethiopian army unit withdrew
immediately after the raid.
In Ethiopia, an adviser to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said he was unaware
of any such incident.
"Our army is not involved," Bereket Simon told the Associated Press.
"We have good relations with Sudan. But it's a very long border and
sometimes you find some minor problems here and there. Sometimes there are
minor, minor skirmishes between militias. But as far as I know, there is no
military involvement."
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