The prime minister's office accused Brigadier General Asaminew Tsige, head of the Amhara Region's Peace and Security Bureau, of leading the plot.

[5] Accordingly, the region voted overwhelmingly for the Coalition for Unity and Democracy and United Ethiopian Democratic Forces opposition alliances in the 2005 general elections, which had run on decisively pan-Ethiopian multicultural platforms.

[8] Ambachew Mekonnen replaced him and appointed retired general and former political prisoner Asaminew Tsige as head of the regional security forces.

[12] The prime minister's office said that a "hit squad" reporting to Brigadier General Asaminew, had burst into a meeting of the regional cabinet in Bahir Dar and opened fire.

[10] In a statement shortly after midnight on 23 June, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced that General Se'are Mekonnen, Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force, had been attacked by "people in his close entourage" who had been "bought by hired elements".

[21][22] Prime Minister Abiy called for unity against the "forces of evil" and flags flew at half-mast on 24 June as the government declared a national day of mourning.