Two OPDO killed in grenade attack

Independent Online
By Barry Malone

Addis Ababa - Three men threw a hand grenade into a political meeting in Ethiopia, killing two and injuring fourteen just over two weeks before national elections, a government spokesman said on Saturday.

The attack on a gathering of the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organisation (OPDO) happened on Thursday in the Oromia region, home to Ethiopia's most populous ethnic group, the Oromo, who number 27 million out of 80 million people.

"It was an attempt to assassinate the region's deputy president, Abdulaziz Mohammed, but he was unhurt. The suspects have been arrested," government spokesman Shimeles Kemal told Reuters. The OPDO is part of the country's ruling coalition....read more