A drunk police officer shot dead two colleagues in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Thursday, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporation reported. The policeman who fired on his colleagues was also shot dead, Federal Police Commissioner Zeynu Jemal was quoted by Fana as saying. Zeynu made no mention of any possible ethnic motivation behind the shooting, which comes after an escalation of ethnically-charged violence in Ethiopia. Two federal police members were killed in an attack carried out by their colleague in Addis Ababa at Bole area. — FANA BROADCASTING C (@fanatelevision) October 4, 2018The police commissioner did not immediately answer phone calls from Reuters requesting further details.

Source: Ethiopian News October 04, 2018 07:07 UTC