June 24, 2005
Student Protests Spark Violence in Ethiopia
Twenty-seven people were killed and many others wounded this month during three days of rioting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The violence stemmed from demonstrations by university students against last month's disputed parliamentary elections.
The police also arrested more than 750 students, at Addis Ababa University and other colleges, who had joined in the demonstrations. Bloody incidents occurred when police forces stormed the university and a technical college, beat
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