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Asfawossen Kassa
Asfawossen Kassa (1913 – 21 December 1936) was an army commander and a member of the Royal family of the Ethiopian Empire.
Biography.
Prince ("Leul") Asfawossen Kassa was the third son of Duke ("Ras") Kassa Haile Darge. Kassa Haile Darge was a loyal ally of Negus Tafari Makonnen, who ultimately was crowned Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia.
During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Asfawossen Kassa fought for his father. At the Second Battle of Tembien
the resistance. Late in July 1936, he took part in the ill-fated attack on Addis Ababa along with his brothers, Wondosson Kassa and Asfawossen Kassa. After the failure of that attack, he and Asfawossen Kassa fled together to avoid capture. 
On 21 December 1936, Aberra Kassa and Asfawossen Kassa surrendered. They had been assured by "Ras" Hailu Tekle Haymanot that they would not be harmed. Hailu Tekle Haymanot was speaking on behalf of the Italian Viceroy and Governor-General of Ethiopia, Rodolfo Graziani.