Explosions shake Ethiopian capital

[icymist]

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) -- A series of blasts killed one person and injured several others in Addis Ababa on Monday, the first fatality in a string of mysterious explosions in the Ethiopian capital.

One person was killed and three others injured when the first blast ripped through a minibus in the southern part of the city.

Over the next six hours in different parts of Addis Ababa, explosions went off in a small cafe, a guard shack and at an abattoir.

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/03/27/ethiopia.reut/index.html?section=cnn_world

[IndianaGreen]

1. This is a significant increase in the violence

the question is, who is behind the bombings? There is no shortage of suspects. I don't think that the Eritreans are involved in this because they have nothing to gain from it.

Here is some background on Eritrean-Ethiopian relations:

http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/Africa/EthiopiaEritrea.asp

[madeline_con]

2. Are they still fighting over the elections? om