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Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopia on Sunday organized the funeral of the chief engineer of a controversial Blue Nile dam project that was shot down this week, reported official media.
Simegnew Bekele whose coffin was draped with an Ethiopian flag at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the capital Addis Ababa where hundreds of people gathered to pay homage to them
"Residents of Addis Ababa, parents and families, senior officials, The body of Simegnew was found Thursday in his car on Meskel Square in downtown Addis Ababa, where police said that he was "deadly." he was arrested by public television channel Fana Broadcasting Company on Thursday, he was shot in the right side of his head and a gun was found nearby
Police investigating shooting, but n 39; has not given details, has not suggested motive nor announced arrests
On Sunday, thousands of people gathered in the square to pay tribute to the fallen engineer combat
Images posted on social networks They showed that the police fired tear gas after the crowd tried to reach them. The Grand Renaissance Dam, built near the country's western border with Sudan, will be the largest in Africa when completed, with a production of 6,000 megawatts, the equivalent of six major nuclear reactors [19659007]. Egypt, which is heavily dependent on the Nile and fears that downstream flows may be affected.
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