By AFPMore by this AuthorADDIS ABABA,Police in Ethiopia's northern Amhara regional state have arrested a "doomsday prophet" who caused widespread panic over claims his village would be wiped out on Monday, state media reported. The state-owned Amhara Mass Media Agency (AMMA) reported that the prophet had told his followers in the village of Ergoye that he had recently returned from heaven with a gloomy message. The people in my area will be wiped out on Monday," AMMA reported him as saying. "When I entered paradise I met a woman who said she is the Virgin Mary, I also met god..." he claimed. The prediction prompted residents to shut schools and businesses for several days, the AMMA reported.

Source: Daily Nation December 17, 2018 16:18 UTC