http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/official-says-gunmen-attack-commercial-farm-owned-by-ethiopias-richest-man-killing-5/2012/04/29/gIQAHh0cpT_story.html
Official says gunmen attack commercial farm owned by Ethiopia’s richest
man, killing 5
By Associated Press, Published: April 29
AP
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — An official says gunmen attacked a commercial farm
in Ethiopia’s western Gambella region and killed five workers.
Government spokesman Shimeles Kemal said Sunday that the attackers wounded
nine people as they shot indiscriminately late Saturday at workers on the
vast farm. The property is owned by Mohammed Al-Amoudi, an Ethiopian-born
Saudi businessman who is among the world’s richest men.
He said that among the dead were four Ethiopians and a Pakistani national.
Five Pakistanis were among the wounded.
The official said six of the suspected assailants are now in police custody
and that it is still unclear why the farm was targeted.
The farm produces cash crops such as rice.
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