Eritrea - Bombing attack

Описание: (5 Jun 1998) T/I: 11:18:12 GS: 10:20:08 (12/06/98)


Ethiopia and Eritrea bombed each other's territory Friday (5/6) in a sharp escalation of a border dispute being mediated by the United States and Rwanda. First came a report that Ethiopian jets hit the Asmara airport in two waves, the first of which involved four rockets.
Hours later, the Ethiopian foreign ministry confirmed the attack, saying it was in reprisal for an Eritrean air attack on the airport at Mekele, capital of the Ethiopian state of Tigre which left five wounded.
Eritrea asserts that frontiers drawn up during the Italian colonial period at the start of the century show the disputed zones are part of its territory but which Ethiopia incorporated into its Tigre state. The conflict has been escalating since mid-May, fuelling fears that it could turn the Horn of Africa into a war zone.


SHOWS:

ERITREA 5/6

Ws plane in the sky, bombing;
vs of place where bomb has dropped;
people pulling down fence to get to the fire;
cu fire;
people trying to put out fire;
more pulling down fence;
soldiers helping out;
car driving away;
tanks on street;
more waterhosing the fire;
firebrigade arriving;
vs of looted building;
hosing down of fire;
vs celebrations;
cu of flag;
man saying this is a start;
vs of people clapping;
ws ext British consulate in Eritrea
SOT (in English) from unidentified ex-pat " I think most eritreans did not expect it. But no it is not a surprise because Asmara is a small town"

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