[dehai-news] (BBC) Video parlour blast in Ethiopia


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From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Wed Sep 03 2008 - 15:28:46 EDT


Video parlour blast in Ethiopia
 
Wednesday, 3 September 2008 19:32 UK
  
There has been a large explosion in the Ethiopian capital's crowded
Merkato business district where people gather socially after work.
 
The BBC's Elizabeth Blunt in Addis Ababa says the blast happened in a
video parlour where customers were watching a film.
 
A local radio station says four people died and 24 people were wounded.
The police have not released any figures.
 
Sporadic attacks in Addis Ababa are usually blamed on Eritrean-back
rebels.
 
Tensions between the two countries stem from Ethiopia's failure to hand
over the disputed border town of Badme, which a UN-backed commission
awarded to Eritrea.
 
The two countries fought a bloody war between 1998 and 2000.
 
Our correspondent says the explosion happened at around 1700 local time
(1400 GMT).
 
Lots of ambulances have rushed to the scene - between the main Friday
Mosque and bus station - and the whole area has been cordoned off by
police, she says.
 
Merkato is full of teashops and places where young men and boys play
table football.
 
 
 Map
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