Ethiopian protests descend into violence
alemgena-fire
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ESAT News (October 5, 2016)
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A 15 – year old was shot and killed by regime snipers on Wednesday in
Sodere, a resort town to the east of the capital Addis Ababa. The father
told ESAT on the phone that his son was shot and killed for no reason
while playing at his house. Protesters have reportedly burnt down farms,
factories and other properties belonging to the regime in Sodere on
Wednesday.
A prison in Jimma has reportedly caught fire on Wednesday while students
of Jimma University held candlelight vigils and protest rallies
denouncing the death of hundreds of people in Bishoftu on Sunday at a
religious festival.
Video received by ESAT show plumes of smoke arising from the prison and
several shots being fired inside the prison.
In Wonji, east of the capital Addis Ababa, a sugar factory was set on
fire while the Kuriftu animal farm owned by Ethiopian born Saudi tycoon,
Mohammed Al Amoudi was set ablaze.
A gas depot went in flames in Dire Dawa, a major town in eastern
Ethiopia. Reports say all main roads leading to the city were closed on
Wednesday. Gunfire could be heard in Dire Dawa all day on Wednesday.
In Sebeta and Alemgena, few miles from the capital, reports indicate
that protesters burnt government vehicles and two factories affiliated
with the regime.
Anti-government protests in Ethiopia escalated after the killing of
hundreds of festival goers on Sunday at an annual celebration by the
Oromos in welcoming Ethiopian spring.
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U.S. Embassy confirms the death of American in Ethiopia
ESAT News (October 5, 2016)
The Embassy of the United States of America in Addis Ababa confirmed on
Wednesday that an American was killed in Holeta, 26 miles west of the
capital when a van she was travelling was struck by a stone thrown by
unknown assailants.
The Embassy said the cause of death was head injury by a rock thrown by
unknown assailants. ESAT broke the story Tuesday quoting credible
hospital sources.
The agricultural expert, identified as Sharon Ray by hospital sources in
Addis Ababa, was in Holeta, a town 26 miles west of the capital Addis
Ababa for a field work when the van she was traveling in came under attack.
The town of Holeta is in Ethiopia’s restive Oromo region where deadly
crackdowns by Ethiopian regime forces against civilians have so far
claimed the lives of over a thousand people. The people of Oromo have
been protesting economic and political marginalization imposed by the
the regime. Over a thousand protesters were killed since the protest
began in November 2015.
ESAT’s calls to the Embassy in Addis Ababa and the U.S. State Department
for more information about the deceased was not answered.
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