{"id":23314,"date":"2020-07-06T13:24:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T13:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=23314"},"modified":"2020-07-06T13:24:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T13:24:42","slug":"ethiopia-death-toll-from-unrest-over-killing-of-popular-musician-rises-to-166","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=23314","title":{"rendered":"ETHIOPIA: Death toll from unrest over killing of popular musician rises to 166"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The death toll arising from unrest over the killing of popular musician, Hachalu Hundessa in Ethiopia has risen to 166 according to local police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oromia deputy police commissioner Girma Gelam in a statement on Sunday said that 145 civilians and 11 security personnel died in Oromia region alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also added that ten people have been killed in the capital\u00a0Addis Ababa<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Gelam said 1,084 people had been arrested, without providing further detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his statement, the police official said the violent unrest had now \u201ccompletely stopped\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hachalu, 34, was killed recently<\/a>, sparking unrest that spread from Oromia where he was seen as a hero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His songs focused on the rights of the country\u2019s Oromo people, Ethiopia\u2019s largest ethnic group, and became anthems in a wave of protests that led to the downfall of the previous prime minister in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The death toll arising from unrest over the killing of popular musician, Hachalu Hundessa in Ethiopia has risen to 166 according to local police. Oromia deputy police commissioner Girma Gelam in a statement on Sunday said that 145 civilians and 11 security personnel died in Oromia region alone. He also added that ten people have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nETHIOPIA: Death toll from unrest over killing of popular musician rises to 166 » WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=23314\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=23314#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"World News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=11\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"ETHIOPIA: Death toll from unrest over killing of popular musician rises to 166\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ETHIOPIA: Death toll from unrest over killing of popular musician rises to 166 » WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=23314","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=23314#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"World News","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=11"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"ETHIOPIA: Death toll from unrest over killing of popular musician rises to 166"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=11\" rel=\"category\">World News<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The death toll arising from unrest over the killing of popular musician, Hachalu Hundessa in Ethiopia has risen to 166 according to local police. Oromia deputy police commissioner Girma Gelam in a statement on Sunday said that 145 civilians and 11 security personnel died in Oromia region alone. He also added that ten people have…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23314"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}