On April 20, 2015, the Security and Safety Joint Task Force announced that it is taking irrevocable legal action against extremist forces organized and coordinated in the country and abroad to seize regional power by destroying the constitutional system in the region. Recently, the Task Force announced that it has arrested 47 suspects who were found to be operating in the Hebu’e organization and carrying out terrorist activities in the Amhara region along with a number of individual and group weapons, bombs, and incendiary explosives.
According to the Task Force, the suspects targeted senior leaders of the Amhara region and were organized and coordinated in the country and abroad to overthrow the federal government by violently attacking the constitutional system and controlling the governmental structure of the region.
The Task Force discovered that the political, military, intelligence, financial, and media wing of the extremist forces is led by Dr. Wondowsen Asefa. Through surveillance and investigation, it was discovered that this wing, through the logistical and financial support it gets from 16 extremist members of the diaspora in various foreign countries, has been recruiting, training, arming, and deploying militants in all areas of the region, starting from Bahardar, and giving them missions to carry out terror and murder at the regional and federal levels.
The Task Force also announced that Ato Girma Yeshitla, an executive member of the Prosperity Party and the head of the Amhara Regional Prosperity Party branch office, was recently killed by the armed leaders of the extremist force and their associates, who were also known as Belete Gashaw and Mehret Wedajo or Mire Wadjo, and who were victims of violence.
Furthermore, the Task Force added that these extremist forces in the country and abroad have recruited 450 individuals in 130 districts in Amhara and other areas to carry out their nefarious purposes. The information obtained indicated that the extremist forces were ready to replace the security force of the region with their own militants.
Dr. Mesfin H/Maryam, Dr. Girum Laki, and others who live in various foreign countries are the collaborators of the extremist forces who are coordinating the political wing from outside. The statement of the joint task force stated that it was confirmed through monitoring and investigation that bank accounts were opened for Ateneh Berhan, Worku Gude, and others to receive money sent from the country and abroad and use it for the execution of terrorist missions. The statement announced that others, including Theodore Asfa, were arrested on suspicion of the same terrorist activity.
The media and propaganda wing of these extremist forces is led by an individual named Meskram Abera. In the organization of this group, a person named David Begashaw from the country, as well as from different countries from Ethio 360 and Info TV, Habtamu Ayalew, whose names are Brook Ybas and Jerusalem T/Tsadiq, also Zemedkun Bekele and Ledetu Ayalew from Anchor Media, Mesai Mekonon, and other individuals are the executors of this evil purpose. The Task Force stated that it was confirmed through investigation that they are members.
According to the Task Force the groups were accused of working to overthrow the state and federal government by force, creating false rumors, spreading terrorist propaganda, and dividing and clashing the people on the basis of ethnicity and religion, as well as to divert the country from the path of change and development that it has started and enter into chaos and chaos. The statement indicated that those who are working to destroy a fake country from within the country and abroad, including these and other individuals in the Hebu organization, are being investigated for terrorism.
Those of you who incited and urged these individuals to get involved in violent form of struggle from your comfy homes here among Diaspora, you must be ashamed of yourselves. I want to remind you that there are laws in the books of the countries you have sought refuge or assumed permanent residence or citizenships that prohibit you from acts of violence on friendly nations. USA and Ethiopia are on friendly terms and are not definitely on war footing. There is a law what is called the Neutrality Act that prohibits its residents/citizens from waging war/violence on its friendly nations. Just be aware of that. USA has been a dear friend of Amharas, Oromos, Somalis, Tigres, Afars, Sidamas and every other ethnic group of the old country. Except for Mengistu the leaders of the old country have been in good terms with USA. They two peoples had stood up to murderous commie despots and died together in Korea. They are still airtight partners in the war against global terrorism. Don’t forget about this fact etched in blood and sweat.