February 18, 2014 | Horn Affairs, BTimes
HailemedehinAberaTagegnEthiopian hijacker Hailemedhin Abera’s close friends described him to Horn Affairs as following:
Hailemedhin Abera Tegegn was born in 1983, now 31 years old.
He was born in in Zegie Island, which is found on Tana Lake, the source of Nile, in western Ethiopia.
Hailemedhin was raised in Bahirdar city, on the offshores of Lake Tana, at the center of city called “kebele zero arat”.
He attended school at Atse Sereke Dingle elementary school, then Bahirdar Secondary School in 2000/01.
Subsequently, he joined Addis Ababa UniversityArchitecture department, which he quit to join the state-monopoly Ethiopian Airlines.
Hailemedhin is described by his high school friends as a quiet and reclusive man who rarely enjoyed social gatherings. Read mor