ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian security forces have arrested 373 people suspected of being involved in a violent riot in a northern city, an official said. According to reports, Desalegn Tassew, the chief of the Amhara region's peace and security department, the suspects are accused of involvement in disturbances in Gonder city earlier this week. The Amhara Region Islamic Affairs Council, a local religious authority, stated on Wednesday that "extremist Christians" had slain at least 20 people in Gonder city the day before. Tassew, the security chief for the Amhara region, did not disclose how many people were killed in the incident. According to accounts in the media, adherents of the Islamic and Christian faiths have long had competing claims to territory surrounding a graveyard.

Source: Ethiopian News April 30, 2022 10:03 UTC