Thu Jan 15, 2009
ADDIS ABABA – An apparently accidental hand-grenade explosion wounded 33 people, nine seriously, on Thursday at the central bus station in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, police said.
“This does not appear to be a terrorist attack. It seems a passenger was carrying the grenade in their luggage and it detonated accidentally,” federal police commander Demash Hailu told Reuters.
In the past, Ethiopia has accused arch-foe Eritrea of backing rebels who have bombed civilian targets in Addis Ababa.
Blasts at two petrol stations killed two people a day after local, regional and federal elections in April 2008, then a bomb tore through a minibus taxi a month later, killing six.
A passenger was carrying the grenade in their luggage and it detonated accidentally? wow…. who is allowed to carry grenade in their luggage? this is crazy!
Our government is always denying responsibility. I’m really sorry for what has happened. I pray for GOD to Care of this poor nation.
This is just crass stupidity. Any fool knows how dangerous a hand grenade can be. The culprit should be thrown in jail straight away.