Addis Ababa hit by third grenade

ADDIS ABABA - An unidentified attacker threw a grenade into a supermarket in the Ethiopian capital yesterday, injuring 33 people…

ADDIS ABABA - An unidentified attacker threw a grenade into a supermarket in the Ethiopian capital yesterday, injuring 33 people.

It was the third such attack in the Ethiopian capital in three days, with the toll since Saturday standing at one dead and 75 injured.

On Saturday, an Ethiopian barmaid was killed and 42 other people injured, including four Britons and two French nationals, when attackers threw grenades into two restaurants. The attacks have not yet been claimed.

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