20/04/2015

Ethiopians shocked by Islamic State killings

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia ? Many in Ethiopia are reeling from the news that several Ethiopians were killed in Libya by the Islamic State group, which over the weekend released a video purporting to show the killings. The victims were planning to go to Europe by boat from Libya but were captured and then killed by the Islamic extremists, said grieving family members and government officials. Ethiopia's government on Monday declared three days of mourning. The killings have shocked many in the predominantly Christian country, where some on Monday gathered in an Addis Ababa slum to...
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