Explosion kills two in Ethiopian capital

ADDIS ABABA, April 19 (YPA) – At least two people were killed and a third seriously injured in an explosion in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Reuters reported, citing police.

The police blamed the explosion on a hand grenade that went off in the Lidetta area of the city in the afternoon, and said they were investigating.

Ethiopia sent its troops to the northern region of Tigray in early November to fight against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, then the regional ruling party, which had attacked army bases in the region.

The TPLF withdrew from the regional capital Mekelle before the end of the month, and the Ethiopian government declared victory.

The violence in Tigray killed thousands and forced hundreds of thousands to leave their homes in the mountainous region of about five million people.

E.M