Drunk cop shoots two colleagues dead in Ethiopia

A drunk police officer has reportedly shot dead two colleagues in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.

According to state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporation, the incident happened on Thursday.  

The policeman who fired on his colleagues was also shot dead, Federal Police Commissioner Zeynu Jemal was quoted by Fana as saying. 

The attacker was intoxicated with alcohol at the time, Zeynu said.  

Zeynu made no mention of any possible ethnic motivation behind the shooting, which comes after an escalation of ethnically-charged violence in Ethiopia.