An Amnesty International researcher has confirmed the killing of at least 58 people during a weekend of ethnic violence in Ethiopia’s capital, doubling the figure earlier quoted by the government.
The victims allegedly died from being stabbed or after being beaten with sticks and rocks.
None of the victims had been shot and the toll does not take account of the five alleged looters killed by police on Monday.
The violence began last week in the run-up to Saturday’s return of the once-banned Oromo Liberation Front, a rebel group that returned to Ethiopia after the introduction of some political reforms by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
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