2012 Gambella Bus Attack
The 2012 Gambella bus attack was a shooting incident on 12 March 2012, 12 miles from the town of Gambela, Ethiopia, Gambella in Ethiopia which killed 19 people and wounded 8 others. The victims were Ethiopian residents who were travelling on a public bus, near the town of Obang. See also *List of terrorist incidents, 2012 References

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Gambela (city)
Gambela ( am, ጋምቤላ), also spelled Gambella, is a city and separate woreda in Ethiopia and the capital of the Gambela Region. It was known as Paanywaa( Anyuak Country) Located in Anyuak Zone, at the confluence of the Openo River and its tributary the Jajjabe, the city has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 526 meters. It is surrounded by Gambela Zuria. Gambela is important because bridges over both the Baro and the Jajjaba are located in that city. The Anyuak are the inhabitants of Gambela and they have their own language. The town also boasts an airport ( ICAO code HAGM, IATA GMB) and is near the Gambela National Park. History Gambela was founded because of its location on the Baro, a tributary of the Nile, which was seen by both the British and Ethiopia as an excellent highway for exporting coffee and other goods from the fertile Ethiopian Highlands to Sudan and Egypt. British concession (1902–1956) Emperor Menelik II granted Britain use of a ...
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