Amhara Region coup attempt
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The 2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt was an attempted coup d'état against the Amhara Regional government on 22 June 2019, during which factions of the Amhara Region's Peace and Security Bureau assassinated the Amhara Regional President Ambachew Mekonnen. A bodyguard siding with the nationalist factions also assassinated General Se'are Mekonnen, the Chief of General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force, as well as his aide Major General Gizae Aberra.
2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt | |||||||
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Part of the Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Factions of the Amhara Region's Peace and Security Bureau |
Government of Amhara Region Government of Ethiopia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Asaminew Tsige † |
Ambachew Mekonnen † Abiy Ahmed Lemma Megersa Se'are Mekonnen † Gizae Aberra † | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
"Dozens" of fatalities[1] |
The prime minister's office accused Brigadier General Asaminew Tsige, head of the Amhara Region's Peace and Security Bureau, of leading the plot. Asaminew was later shot dead after escaping.