Three dead as protests erupt over killing of Ethiopian singer

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Three people were killed and others were critically injured when protests erupted in Ethiopia after a prominent singer from the country's largest ethnic group was shot dead.

A map of Ethiopia is seen in this Google Maps image.ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA -- Three people were killed and others were critically injured when protests erupted in Ethiopia on Tuesday after a prominent singer from the country's largest ethnic group was shot dead, a doctor said.

He was shot on Monday night in Addis Ababa, the state-affiliated FANA Broadcasting Corporate reported. "There are a lot of casualties, most of them are bullet injuries. Three patients died and there are still critical patients," he told AFP.Spokesmen for the federal police and the Oromia regional police said they did not have any immediate information on casualties.

"The Oromos did whatever we could, we have done our best, we can do no more than this. We served the small and the big people just so we can live together but we can't tolerate it anymore," were the lyrics of one song.The U.S. embassy said Tuesday that it was "monitoring reports of protest and unrest, including gunfire throughout Addis Ababa"."Police have been deployed around the city in response to reports of violence. The situation is volatile at this time.

 

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