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Police Shut Down Ambo Agricultural College

Addis Tribune (Addis Ababa)
NEWS
May 2, 2003
Posted to the web May 2, 2003

The police have shut down the Ambo Agricultural College, located 125 km. west
of Addis, following student unrest in the premises of the educational
establishment last Monday.
Sources told Addis Tribune that one student was shot dead and two sustained
serious injuries in an incident described as "a clash between students from
different ethnic groups, mainly Oromo and Tigrian students." The injured were
rushed to the Black Lion Hospital and they were under medical treatments, it
was learnt.
A second-year student who flew to Addis Ababa after the clash said that tension
was recently high among students of various ethnic groups in the college. He
said that there were big misunderstandings particularly between Oromo and
Tigrian students. "The former claim the compound belongs to them," he said,
adding that some students, including the students' council, had tried their
best to settle the dispute.
The three casualties were reportedly from the Tigrian ethnic group. "Though
there was a deep-rooted small ethnicity clashes among the students, the
immediate cause for Monday's clash was not clear for us," he said. The police
had closed the college indefinitely; and there were a large number of policemen
guarding the compound, according to him.
Addis Tribune's attempt to contact the police in the area and college
administrators for further information was not successful.

   

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