Reports from Ethiopia indicate that about five people were killed in the town of Weldiya when security forces shot at festival goers. Weldiya, is a town located in the Amhara region and is about 510km north of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The official spokesperson for the region confirmed the incident in a Facebook post stating that lives were lost after federal security forces clashed with young people in the town of Weldiya. Sources say six people shot dead and scores of others wounded and entered to hospital as police opens fire at Timket celebration in #Woldia town in the Amhara state. Reports say there has been heavy federal and regional security forces in Amhara state since last December following skirmishes at a football match.

Source: Ethiopian News January 21, 2018 09:11 UTC