The incident was confirmed by the Eritrean authorities, who presented to UNMEE the soldier who claimed to have defected and stated that another Ethiopian soldier had been killed during the exchange of fire.
厄立特里亚当局证实了这一事件，将这名声称叛变士兵交给埃厄特派团，并表示另外一名埃塞俄比亚士兵在交火中丧生。