Residents stage protest in Semera

ESAT News

April 24, 2014                              

Members of the Special Force have attacked protesting students in Semera, Afar region of Eastern Ethiopia. A number of students have been admitted to hospital while others have been detained.

The high school and college students had blocked transportation in the morning before the Special Force intervened to disperse the takeover.

The students continued to protest outside the Regional Office in the afternoon. They have called for the killings to stop and the respect of their human rights.

A student, who took part in the protest, told ESAT that although the officials of the Regional Justice Bureau have asked the students to select and send their representatives, the students refused to do accordingly.

The protest has continued until we entered Studio for News.

Residents state that protests in the Afar region have escalated since last Saturday. ESAT had reported that the Ethiopian Federal Police had killed at least eight people from Afar.