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Absent official sentenced to firing squad

    NAIROBI

    A senior official from Mengistu Haile Mariam’s former regime was on May 8 sentenced to death “in absentia” for the execution of 197 people. Lieutenant Eshetu Alemu was serving as a member of the Provisional Military Administrative Council for Gojjam. According to the court, the convict - who is among hundreds of accused former officials who fled the country - should be executed by firing squad.

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