The 2012 Gambella bus attack was a shooting incident on 12 March 2012, 12 miles from the town of
Gambella in
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
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
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List of terrorist incidents, 2012
This is a list of terrorist incidents which took place in 2012, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included in these lists. Ongoing military con ...
References
Attacks in Africa in 2012
Spree shootings in Ethiopia
Mass murder in 2012
Terrorist incidents in Ethiopia
Terrorist incidents in Africa in 2012
Gambela Region
Terrorist incidents on buses in Africa
March 2012 crimes
March 2012 events in Africa
2012 murders in Ethiopia
Terrorist incidents in Ethiopia in the 2000s
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