The 54 below were killed on the orders of
Mengistu Haile Mariam. Their names were read the following morning on
Ethiopian Radio.
Killed • Prime Minister Tsehafi Taezaz
Aklilu Habte-Wold • Prime Minister Lilj
Endalkachew Makonnen • Lt. General
Abiye Abebe • H.H. Prince (Leul Ras)
Asrate Kassa • Rear Admiral Leul
Iskinder Desta • Ras
Mesfin Sileshi • Ato Abebe Retta • Ato Akalework Habte-Wold • Lt. Colonel Tamirat Yigezu • Dejazmatch Kifle Irgetu • Lt. General Kebede Gebre • Lt. General Issayas Gebre-Sellasie • Lt. General Assefa Ayana • Lt. General Debebe HaileMariam • Lt. General Belete Abebe • Lt. General Deresae Dubale • Lt. General Haile Baikedagn • Lt. General Assefa Demisse • Lt. General Abebe Gemeda • Lt. General Yilma Shibeshi • Ato Mulatu Debebe • Dr. Tesfaye Gebre Igzi • Dejazmatch Workineh Wolde Amanuel • Dejazmatch Aemero Selassie Abebe • Dejazmatch Solomon Abreha • Dejazmatch Sahelu Difeye • Dejazmatch Worku Enko Selassie • Dejazmatch Legese Bezu • Colonel Solomon Kedir • Blata Admasu Retta • Ato Nebiye Leul Kifle • Ato Solomon Gebre Mariam • Ato Tegegn Yetashework • Afe Negus (Lord Chief Justice) Abeje Debalke • Dejazmatch Kebede Aliwele Asfaw • Major General Gashaw Kebede • Major General Seyoum Gedle Giorgis • Major General Tafesse Lemma • Lij Hailu Desta • Fitawrari Amde Abera • Fitawrari Tadesse Enko Selassie • Fitawrari Demisse Alamirew • Kegnazmatch Yilma Aboye • Brigadier General Wondemu Abebe • Brigadier General Girma Yohannes • Brigadier General Mulugeta Wolde Yohannes • Colonel Yegazu Yemane • Colonel
Alem Zewde Tessema • Colonel Tassew Mojo • Major Berhane Mecha • Captain Mola Wakene • Captain Wolde-Yohannes Zergaw • Lieutenant Belai Tsegaye
Killed in shootout The remaining six were killed in a shootout at the home of General
Aman Andom. • Lieutenant Demisse Shiferaw • Lance Corporal Bekele Wolde Giorgis • Sub-Corporal Tekle Haile • Lt. General Aman Mikael Andom • Lance Corporal Tesfaye Tekle • Junior Aircraftsman Yohannes Fetoui ==References==