I have received details of the tragic events of last Sunday, when National Service conscripts were shot in cold blood in Asmara. They were attempting to escape from trucks taking them to the port of Assab.
The information is from inside Eritrea
Martin
On 03 April 2016 conscripts who jumped from vehicles were shot at in cold blood in front of many people. As a result, some died, some were wounded from the shooting and others were injured when they jumped from the vehicles.
A total of 29 conscripts were killed or injured.
Six were killed on the spot and eighteen were taken to hospital. Five of those in Halibet hospital have since died of their injuries. The remainder are under under heavy guard.
Reliable sources reveal that some of those still in hospital are in a critical condition. The numbers of fatalities may rise.
These are the names of some of the 18 wounded in hostpital:
