m. harra after a failed rebellion 4 people including the country's army chief of staff were killed in the attempt a power grab that has led by a high ranking military official holding has more from. ethiopia's army chief of staff general sahara mckown and seen here in august of last year he was shot and killed by his bodyguard inside his home in addison abba the general was in the process of responding to reports of a coup in the northern i'm hard region the message this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with the investigation as it began on saturday night nearly 500 kilometers away in behind dog one of ethiopia's 9 autonomous areas witnesses reported hearing gunfire the reagents president had been shot and killed in his office along with his aide this was the crisis general mckiernan was responding t