5 killed in Ambo, protests erupt in Jimma, Ghimbi, Alemaya and others Correspondents
November 9, 2005
"All the dead were shot in the chest" - AP (Nov 1, 2005, Addis Ababa)
AMBO - AT least five people were killed and 17 others injured overnight when rioting students clashed with police in southwest Ethiopia, one week after deadly street riots hit the Horn of African nation, diplomats said.
The government admitted about the killings but said two protesters died of bullet wounds in the violence in Ambo town, some 200 km west of the capital Addis Ababa. Students at Jimma University also staged protests on their campus.
The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), which in its November 8 press release called for the intensification of the struggle against the Meles regime, confirmed on Wednesday five were killed in Ambo, and 17 injured.
Speaking on the telephone, OLF Information Department head, Abubeker, said anti-TPLF protests were intensifying in Bako, Gedoo, Ghimbi, Jimma, and Worre Jarso areas. In the eastern front, Abubeker said, the political unrest has engulfed Alemaya, Chirro, Herna and Gelemso towns.
"In Mojjo town, near Ambo, residents who blocked roads forced government troops to free truckloads of youths who were being taken to detention centers," the OLF official said.
The fresh skirmishes erupted following nationwide protests on November 1.
Last week, election violence claimed the lives of at least 46 people and more than 200 others injured when police opened fire in the capital and four other towns outside Addis Ababa.
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The government admitted about the killings but said two protesters died of bullet wounds in the violence in Ambo town, some 200 km west of the capital Addis Ababa. Students at Jimma University also staged protests on their campus.
The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), which in its November 8 press release called for the intensification of the struggle against the Meles regime, confirmed on Wednesday five were killed in Ambo, and 17 injured.
Speaking on the telephone, OLF Information Department head, Abubeker, said anti-TPLF protests were intensifying in Bako, Gedoo, Ghimbi, Jimma, and Worre Jarso areas. In the eastern front, Abubeker said, the political unrest has engulfed Alemaya, Chirro, Herna and Gelemso towns.
"In Mojjo town, near Ambo, residents who blocked roads forced government troops to free truckloads of youths who were being taken to detention centers," the OLF official said.
The fresh skirmishes erupted following nationwide protests on November 1.
Last week, election violence claimed the lives of at least 46 people and more than 200 others injured when police opened fire in the capital and four other towns outside Addis Ababa.
