Ethiopian security forces have arrested 373 individuals suspected of involvement in a deadly unrest in a northern city, an official said. Desalegn Tassew, head of Amhara region's peace and security bureau, said the suspects are accused of involvement in violence in Gonder city earlier this week, reports Xinhua news agency. A local religious body, the Amhara Region Islamic Affairs Council, said on Wednesday that at least 20 people were killed by "extremist Christians" in Gonder city a day before. However, Tassew, the Amhara region security chief, did not say how many were killed in the violence. According to media reports, members of the Islamic and Christianity faiths have longstanding competing claims of ownership of land around a cemetery.

Source: Ethiopian News April 30, 2022 13:09 UTC