Some details on the assasination of martyr Abdukader Kebire 1949
مقتل الشهيد عبدالقادر كبيرى في عام 1949م
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Here is a
summary of the notes written by the Grand Mufti, the late Ibrahim Al Mukhtar
Ahmed Omer on the assassination:
There were
many attempts to get rid of him. The martyr was great concern to the elements loyal
to Ethiopia due to previous contact with
them and he was very knowledgeable of
their plans and their methods. He had written a number of articles in the
newspapers. Therefore there were many attempts to kill him and get rid of him,
especially after they learned of the decision of the Muslim League to send him
to the UN. Many dignitaries have warned and advised him to take be cautious and
prudent, but he was indifferent to the dangers that surrounded him, but he always
said, 'I will die only the day that are destined to me.' Before his
assassination he had survived several bomb attacks. One time they went to his
farm in Filfil, vandalized it and looted all the livestock there.
How he was
killed:
Based on the
decision of the Muslim League to send him as a member of a delegation to UN, he
was preparing for the trip. The other members of the delegation were Ibrahim
Sultan (the Secretary General), Mohamed Osman Hayouti (from the Massawa branch) and Ibrahim Mohammed
(from the Adi Kaieh branch).
On the night
of his assassination, he was at the hotel of Calipha Aberra woth his companions
discussing matters of travel to the UN. He left them 9 pm to go to his home.
The criminal was following him in Calleri street and and when he got the right
opportunity he shot him with a pistol among the crowds of passers by. He was
transferred to the government hospital in Asmara, where he was operated by
senior Italian surgeons, but that does not help save his life. He died on 29th of March 1949 at 9 pm, on the third night after his injury.
Police
investigation on the assassination revealed that the criminal who shot him and
his collaborators were following his foot steps. They parked four cars at each
corner of Calleri Street so that the criminal can escape in any one of the
cars. When kebire reached a dim part of the street, the criminal shot him and
the criminal was made to escape to Ethiopia. Kebire was the first victim of the
‘Mahber Andinet’ terrorist activities. Following the police investigation, the British
Governor General issued a decree on the 6th of April 1949 to dissolve
the party and confiscate all its properties. The police searched the headquarters
of the Andinet party and its hiding places and found there a list of the Muslim
League leaders that were targeted for assassination. The Muslim League issued a
strong statement condemning the assassination and stated that those involved
were few who were at the service of forces who are against the Muslim League.
It called on all Muslims to close their shops and on all schools to close the
day he died. He was buried in a big procession.
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According to Alemseged Tesfai book, Aynifelale:
The killer was identified as Gebremedhin Abraha, according to British documents, a Tigrayan who escaped to Adwa after the killing. The British Administration knew that Gebremedhin used to boast that he killed Kebire. He was a member of the youth wing of Mahber Andnet which was later regarded as a terrorist organization and banned 6th October 1949. Tedla Bairu and the Ethiopian agents Colonel Negga Gebremedhin and his assistant Tekola Gebremedhin were widely believed to have given orders for the killing, according to documents found on the premises of Mahber Andne, but were not officially charged. Though the the British stated they will bring the killer from Tigray and bring him to justice, this was never done (Source: Alemseged Tesfay's book, ' Aynefelale', Arabic translation, P. 342), On this occasion. I post again the original driver's license of the late Abdul Kadir Kabire, picture courtesy of Jelal Yassin.
