Dozens of people were crushed to death Sunday in a stampede in Bishoftu, Ethiopia, after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse an anti-government protest that grew out of a massive religious festival, witnesses said. The chanting crowds pressed toward a stage where religious leaders were speaking, the witnesses said, and some threw rocks and plastic bottles. (The Associated Press)Police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets, and people tried to flee. The reporter also saw police firing tear gas and, later, several injured people. On Sunday, many people in Ethiopia turned their Twitter and Facebook profiles to solid black and expressed anger at the government over the deaths.

Source: CBC News October 02, 2016 20:37 UTC