September 02, 2012 by Gur Gharri GSG News Contributor

On September 01, 2012 gunmen ambushed federal police officers a few miles northwest of Moyale town and killed two officers.

The two officers were not alone at the time of the incident, and there are no report of any injuries to the other officers onboard the vehicle. Only the two victims were hit. The rest of the police officers fought back, but the gunmen escaped. Subsequently, the authorities blocked off the area and followed gunmen’s footprints to a nearby village and arrested four men.

However, it is unclear whether or not the four men were directly involved in the shooting or just being accessories to a crime against the government personnel.  A day earlier, the Moyale residents were in the streets rallying for peace amongst all its neighbors, but less than 12 hours later two federal police officers were gun down by unknown assailants believed to be from the Borana Community.

Also, a private passenger vehicle was attacked by gunmen believed to be from Degodia at Gubba Boola, Near Malka Bidiru, in Chilako District. No injuries have been reported. This incident comes at the time where all the Gharri and Degodia officials were engaging in a peace conference at Awassa, southern Ethiopia. We will let you know more as the stories unfold

Thousands of Moyale residents have gathered around the few household with television to watch Meles Zenawi’s funeral service and pay their final respects to a man they called “beloved leader.”