Fatalities reported after police fired tear gas at anti-government rally in Ethiopia
‘Multiple deaths are reported in a stampede in Ethiopia, which happened after the police fired tear gas and warning shots at a crowd of anti-government protesters who gathered for a religious festival.
A reporter from AFP on the scene reported seeing up to 20 unmoving bodies in the aftermath of the stampede, some of which were clearly dead. The opposition put the number of fatalities at 50.
The altercation happened in the Oromiya region of the African nation, where clashes between the government and the opposition have become increasingly bloody over the past two years.’
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