1969 Ethiopian embassy shooting

Mass shooting in Mexico City 1969 Ethiopian Embassy shooting Ethiopian Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico 18 March 1969 Ethiopian diplomatic mission Shooting Firearms 4 6 Bermanu Afework Unknown On March 18, 1969, a mass shooting occurred at the Ethiopian embassy in Mexico City, Mexico. Three people were killed and six others were injured, while the perpetrator later committed suicide. Background Ethiopia and Mexico established diplomatic relations in 1949 and opened embassies in each other's capital in 1963.SitePoint Radware Page https://radware.com/ 2026-08-14 radware.com en Since 1990, however, Ethiopia has not had a resident ambassador in Mexico, and Mexico's embassy in Addis Ababa was closed between 1989 and 2007.Mexico and Ethiopia: 75 Years of Diplomatic Relations, Friendship, and Cooperation https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/1014201/CD21_Etiopia_2025-final-web.pdf Cuadernos Diplomáticos Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores 2025 The Ethiopian embassy was located in the Polanco district of Mexico City.Álvarez Carlos Sangre en la embajada etíope: empleado asesina a tres mujeres y después se quita la vida https://oem.com.mx/la-prensa/archivos-secretos/sangre-en-la-embajada-etiope-empleado-asesina-a-tres-mujeres-y-despues-se-quita-la-vida-18497762 La Prensa 15 November 2024 es Shooting The shooting occurred during the night of March 18, 1969. According to contemporary reports, Bermanu Afework, a 30-year-old janitor from Ethiopia who worked at the embassy, opened fire inside the embassy. Three people were killed in the shooting, including Belaynesh Bekele, the wife of Ethiopian ambassador Gaitachew Bekele, and two domestic servants. Six people injured, including three children, and two of those children were ambassador Bekele's.United Cushitic Ethiopianism 2013-05-20 Mexican Ethiopian Embassy Massacre Remember https://ethiopianism411.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/mexican-ethiopian-embassy-massacre-remember/ 2026-08-14 Cushitic Ethiopianism en1969-03-19 Gunman in Mexico Slays 4 in Ethiopian Embassy https://www.nytimes.com/1969/03/19/archives/gunman-in-mexico-slays-4-in-ethiopian-embassy.html 2026-08-14 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 Foreign secretary Antonio Carrillo Flores attended the scene and, since the ambassador could not be located, authorized the local police to enter the embassy under the emergency provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. After the shooting, Afework ran to a hotel in the colonia Morelos and rented a room. The hotel owner contacted the police after becoming suspicious of him. Afework was later found dead after he hung himself. Perpetrator Mexican police identified Bermanu Afework, a 30-year-old janitor who worked at the Embassy, but he had been released after harassing the servant girls at the embassy. Aftermath Ambassador Gaitachew Bekele returned to the embassy at around 01:30 the following day and was accompanied to the hospital by Secretary Carrillo Flores. Gaitachew Bekele later translated a poem titled "She is the Only Beauty" by Afework Yohannes, in memory of Belaynesh.Observer Ethiopia 2022-10-06 "She is the Only Beauty" A poem by Afework Yohannes https://www.ethiopiaobserver.com/2022/10/06/she-is-the-only-beauty-a-poem-by-afework-yoahnnes/ 2026-08-14 Ethiopia Observer en-US References Category:Mass shootings in Mexico Category:1969 mass shootings Category:1969 mass shootings in North America