Bahti Meskerem

A proposito del Bahti Meskerem, si legge: "September 1, 1961 signifies the day when the first patriotic Eritreans fired the first bullet that signaled to Ethiopia that its military occupation of our country, Eritrea, will never stand whatever it takes, and to Eritreans, it signaled the beginning of an armed struggle to reverse the military occupation of our country and to bring about our rightful national independence...Hamid Idris Awate fired first shots..." (Eritrea Daily)