{"id":446323,"date":"2023-05-15T13:43:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T17:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?p=446323"},"modified":"2023-05-15T13:43:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T17:43:03","slug":"armed-attack-near-ethiopias-capital-leaves-four-police-officers-dead-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/446323","title":{"rendered":"Armed attack near Ethiopia\u2019s capital leaves four police officers dead: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An armed attack in a city located near Ethiopia\u2019s capital, Addis Ababa has left at least four police officers dead, local online media outlet, Ethiopia Insider reported on Monday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citing anonymous sources, Ethiopia Insider reported the attack by \u201cunknown gunmen\u201d in the city located around 45 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa occurred on Sunday late evening and targeted a police station. All four deceased are reportedly Oromia region police personnel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethiopia Insider further reported a fifth police officer was wounded in the armed attack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethiopia insider quoted anonymous Bishoftu residents as saying they heard an hour long gunfight between police officers and the \u201cunknown gunmen\u201d on Sunday late evening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Separately, another online based media outlet Amba Digital reported on the Bishoftu attack crediting the \u201csecurity operation\u201d to Oromo Liberation Army (rebels).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amba Digital similarly cited anonymous sources for the reported Bishoftu attack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bishoftu a mid-sized city located in the East-Shoa zone of Oromia region, is known for its multiple lakes and numerous tourist resorts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bishoftu is also known for hosting the headquarters of the Ethiopian Air Force (EAF).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An armed attack in a city located near Ethiopia\u2019s capital, Addis Ababa has left at least four police officers dead, local online media outlet, Ethiopia Insider reported on Monday.\u00a0 Citing anonymous sources, Ethiopia Insider reported the attack by \u201cunknown gunmen\u201d in the city located around 45 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa occurred on Sunday late [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":270,"featured_media":446324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5845],"class_list":["post-446323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news","tag-ethiopia-agoa-pm-abiyu-s"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ein.jpg?fit=1280%2C864&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1S6L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/270"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":446325,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446323\/revisions\/446325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}