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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Oct 18

    Abiy Ahmed: Protesting Ethiopian soldiers wanted to kill me https://bbc.in/2CTkaI7 pic.twitter.com/TGX39j6smn

    5:31 AM - 18 Oct 2018
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    18 replies 28 retweets 55 likes
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      2. Abel Abate Demissie‏ @Abele_a Oct 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        You've got really a bad translator

        2 replies 1 retweet 17 likes
      3. Tom Gardner‏ @TomGardner18 Oct 18
        Replying to @Abele_a @BBCAfrica

        Oh he didn’t say that?

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Abel Abate Demissie‏ @Abele_a Oct 18
        Replying to @TomGardner18 @BBCAfrica

        Nope!

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. Tom Gardner‏ @TomGardner18 Oct 18
        Replying to @Abele_a @BBCAfrica

        What did he say ?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Abel Abate Demissie‏ @Abele_a Oct 18
        Replying to @TomGardner18 @BBCAfrica

        It was a dangerous move to derail reforms

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. Tom Gardner‏ @TomGardner18 Oct 18
        Replying to @Abele_a @BBCAfrica

        Nothing at all about killing him?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Abel Abate Demissie‏ @Abele_a Oct 18
        Replying to @TomGardner18 @BBCAfrica

        I remember him saying stg like there're people who would be angry as he was not hurt in the incident. But i haven't heard at all him saying the soldiers wanted to kill him...i promise to sign up for basic Amharic class if i am wrong :)

        3 replies 2 retweets 9 likes
      9. NuNu Wako™©‏ @NuNuWako Oct 18
        Replying to @Abele_a @TomGardner18 @BBCAfrica

        At about 4:21-4:32, PM said, "after the incident had transpired, there were some (not sure if implying soldiers or outsiders) who said, 'oh, he escaped us.'" Unless intended to sensational the article, he didn't mention an attempt to kill him.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLVRZZ16iWA …

        4 replies 3 retweets 12 likes
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      1. Wise man‏ @Drover571 Oct 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        BBC are you getting ur info from “Habtamu ESAT”, cause this is clearly not what Abiy said

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      1. Getachew G. Temare‏ @GTemare Oct 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Please there are many #Ethiopians who can interpret rationally for you. #Ethiopia

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      1. Abdi Rahman‏ @Yaabman Oct 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Agree! some groups do not wan change that Abiy Ahmed leads

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      1. African Solutions to the African Migration crisis‏ @african_crisis Oct 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        With respect @ #AbiyAhmed, what else did he think protesting #African soldiers do with sitting #African PMs/Presidents? #Press_ups? He should have asked former Emperor Haile Selassie or Col Mengistu Haile Mariam. All they (soldiers) do is cause #Chaos #Famine & #MassMigrationpic.twitter.com/qSSWazIKI7

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      1. tha_void‏ @Slick_Void Oct 21
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I then would show them the one hand pushup, fall deliberately then see who would show off that they can as a distraction 😂

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      1. Brotha Lou‏ @LouBrotha Oct 19
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Homie please dont trust that beyoch. E- Fonzerelli

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      1. Brotha Lou‏ @LouBrotha Oct 19
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Dude is melodramatic like a pentecostal slickster preacher. He saying this after a whole 7 days. And says it in a way to be interpreted in 1000 different ways. Too effeminate. Glossy lips too . E40 endalew dont trust that beyooch

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      1. Shalom Ethiopia  🇪🇹‏ @ShalomEthiopia Oct 19
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I doubt that. But believe me BBC, if the soldiers were there to kill, they would. These are trained professional soldiers; they must’ve learned in their ‘soldiering 101’ or whatever course that they shouldn’t travel en masses to the palace if they want to kill the PM Nonsense.

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      1. Sirak Seyoum‏ @Cirac Oct 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        SMH, BBC news Africa when are you guys gonna learn ? Hyneas are coming in all shapes n forms these days.

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      1. S~G‏ @fuziti Oct 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Lmaooo where did they get this lie?

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