Supporters of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), rallying at Addis Ababa’s Meskel Square on Saturday September 15, 2018, to welcome returning leaders of the front [Photo: Awramba Times]
The Addis Abeba police commission commissioner, major General Degefe Bede gave a presser.
According to him 28 people were killed in Addis Abeba alone due to the violence in the city following flag confrontations between city youth and youths who came from Oromia regional state during the welcoming ceremony of OLF’s homecoming. The victims were killed either by stoning, stabbing and beating in a span of three days.
Additionally, Seven people were killed by the police itself, of whom, according to the commissioner, only one was killed by negligence of a police officer, who is now arrested.
Source: Addis Standard
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