23 Reportedly Killed on 2nd Day of Protests
From Times Wire Reports
Riot police deployed across the Ethiopian capital firing guns and lobbing grenades to quell a second day of protests over disputed parliamentary elections.
At least 23 people were killed and 150 wounded in Addis Ababa, including children, doctors and hospital workers said.
One man said police broke into his family’s housing compound firing guns indiscriminately in their search for stone-throwing demonstrators.
But Information Minister Berhan Hailu put the death toll at 11 civilians and one policeman.
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